Description du projet
Se déplacer en mini-avion
Pour des millions de personnes qui se rendent au travail en voiture tous les jours, le temps passé sur les routes et dans les embouteillages constitue généralement une expérience pénible, un moment peu agréable. L’UE finance UNIFIER 19, un nouveau concept d’avion de ligne qui offrira une solution innovante de mobilité aérienne durable et rentable. Cet avion de 19 passagers, à émissions quasi nulles, est conçu pour fournir des services variés de liaison entre petits aéroports et avec des plateformes de transport, permettant d'effectuer aussi bien des vols réguliers que des transferts à la demande. En exploitant le réseau épars de petits aéroports européens, actuellement sous-utilisé, UNIFIER 19 offrira aux usagers de ces navettes une expérience de mobilité radicalement nouvelle qui sera aussi simple à utiliser qu’un bus.
Objectif
UNIFIER19, the Community Friendly Miniliner, is an innovative commuter concept specifically designed to enable a new, environmentally sustainable and cost-efficient air mobility solution. This 19-passenger near-zero-emission aircraft is designed to provide a diffused service connecting smaller airports among them and with hubs, accommodating both scheduled and on-demand shuttle flights. The ability of the UNIFIER19 concept to capture the mobility demand for short- and very short-haul travel rests on a dedicated market study focusing on two scenarios: the “miniliner”, serving a potentially huge small airport network, and the “microfeeder”, providing a rapid transfer to hubs from local airports and even unpaved airfields.
The capability to achieve substantial emission reduction performance is based on the adoption of modular propulsive solutions including different propellers and different combinations of battery and range-extending technologies. The propulsive architecture is integrated with airframe design, in the quest for maximum aerodynamic advantages, while guaranteeing producibility and maintainability of the design solution.
The result is a family of aircraft sharing a single airframe, accommodating multiple cargo and passenger-seating layouts, as well as multiple motive power-generation solutions. Powertrain modularity eases future upgrades via supplementary type-certificates, granting an extended commercial life.
Aiming to a reduction in CO2, NOx and acoustic emissions by at least 20% compared to the 19 seaters in service today, UNIFIER19 shall offer a new mobility experience for our communities that is as easy to use as a bus. UNIFIER19 shall exploit the sparse, underused European small airport network avoiding overwhelming burdens for new ground infrastructures and providing a commercially viable response to Europe’s need for mobility.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
5270 Ajdovscina
Slovénie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.