Twing

NGCTR, Next Generation Civil Tilt-Rotor is a "hybrid" aeronautical system with mixed aerodynamic support, capable of alternating VTOL performance (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) with Airplane Mode, representing one of the most stimulating current engineering challenges that Leonardo Helicopters is designing. As integral part of the whole activity, the Consortium composed of several partner companies, will work in close cooperation with Leonardo Helicopters in all the assembly and installation phases into the NGCTR prototype as well as during vehicle ground and flight testing. In addition the T-WING Consortium will provide technical support in all the activities related to the Permit to Fly achievement. The first step will consist in a specification review, a preliminary system design activity and a technological innovation assessment, with the final aim to integrate and harmonize the developed concept and the effective proposed innovations. Aeroelastic analyses will be performed to derive stiffness and inertia requirements as well as all the relevant flight and ground load cases useful to size the wing structure. The proposed structural concepts will be a further development of already flying solutions, designed, produced, certified and patented by a T-WING partner according to CS/FAR-25 Airworthiness Requirements. The T-WING consortium will proceed with the all the design and analysis activities, maximising low weight and safety, technological and manufacturing efficiency criteria fully compliant with a flight condition approval plan and WAL Requirements. An effective configuration & weight management will assure the fulfilment of all functional and mass budget requirements.