Aero 1 High Speed

[Lucrecio Poinson]

Theferry company Hellenic Seaways operating in Greece has recently added 3 new and impressive ferries to its fleet! Aero Highspeed 1, Aero Highspeed 2 and Aero Highspeed 3 guarantee a fast, smooth and comfortable trip.

See where you can sail in Greece with these new highspeed ferries, learn more about the services offered and the on-board experience, and book tickets on Ferryhopper with no hidden fees.

The three new Aero vessels, Aero Highspeed 1, Aero Highspeed 2 and Aero Highspeed 3, can accommodate up to 150 passengers each. They connect the port of Piraeus with the islands of Aegina, Agistri, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, and the towns of Ermioni and Porto Heli in East Peloponnese.

The Aero highspeed catamarans are also more energy efficient, since they are equipped with solar panels, and their extremely light construction contributes to the reduction of fuel consumption.

On Ferryhopper, you can find all Saronic ferry routes from Piraeus with the Aero highspeed catamarans of Hellenic Seaways. Download the Ferryhopper App, book ferry tickets easily with a few taps and swipes, get your e-ticket, and sail away!

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The Aero 1 Highspeed is the first of the three (3) Aero Catamarans ordered in January 2021, which will be deployed in the Saronic islands, in replacement of existing Group capacity in the market.

The new, state-of-the-art Aeros boast an ultra-modern design and innovative features that will upgrade significantly the travel experience for the over 3 million passengers travelling annually on the Saronic routes. Deployment of the new Aeros will increase the total capacity on the Saronic routes and will contribute to the further economic development of the Saronic islands and their local communities.

The vessel at full load has a maximum speed of 32,2 knots, total length 36 meters, width 9.7 meters and carrying capacity of 150 passengers. The innovative interior layout guarantees a high level of comfort and an upgraded service to the passengers, offering:

Brdrene Aa is the world leader in production of carbon composite ferries and have delivered more than 70 passenger vessels since 2002. Brdrene Aa are combining highly efficient hull design with the utilization of the lightweight building material carbon fibre composite. By producing the most energy efficient ferries in the market, our customer benefit from lower fuel costs, lower emissions of greenhouse gases and lower maintenance cost.

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The theory behind how the two layer aero technologies work predicts that different rib spacing will differently at different speeds. This is how we narrowed down rib spacings to test in the original Aero Base Layer. New, different rib spacings could therefor yield even greater gains at higher speeds. This led to further research and development to create a new base layer optimized for speeds exceeding 50kph.

Test runs were conducted through a speed range of 35-70kph to identify the transition point between the original and new fabrics in terms of optimal drag reduction. Our 'original' Aero Base Layer would be our baseline used to compare the prototype to. For the sake of understanding, in this article we will refer to it as the 'Low Speed' Aero Base Layer.

The original Aero Base Layer proved to be the best performer for speeds below 50kph, reaffirming its effectiveness for road racing and time trailing. Prototypes 4 and 5 displayed the most promise during initial testing and were selected to be tested at further speeds and yaw angles. Prototype 1 showed significant drag reduction at 70kph but performed poorly at lower speeds, leading to its exclusion from further testing.

Prototype 5 consistently outperformed Prototype 4 at all speeds and yaw angles during secondary testing. Any concerns regarding Prototype 4's potential superiority at speeds above 70kph were nullified by the data collected.

Through rigorous testing and development, the High-Speed Aero Base Layer was created to cater to the specific needs of road sprinters and track racers operating at speeds exceeding 50kph. The innovative rib spacing design ensures optimal performance and drag reduction in this speed range, enhancing the overall efficiency of athletes in high-speed scenarios.

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has been selected for phase 1 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Demonstration Project. This project aims to design, build, and fly an X-Plane to demonstrate technologies and integrated concepts necessary for a transformational combination of aircraft speed and runway independence. This initial award funds work to reach a conceptual design review and includes an executable option to continue work through preliminary design review.

Under this award, Aurora is designing a high lift, low drag fan-in-wing (FIW) demonstrator aircraft that integrates a blended wing body platform, with embedded engines and moderate sweep, with a vertical flight design comprised of embedded lift fans linked to the engines via mechanical drives. The aircraft would deliver game-changing air mobility capability by combining cruise at over 450 KTAS with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) in a single platform.

The combined Aurora and Boeing team brings deep experience in agile vehicle prototyping, vertical lift and cruise transition technology, and blended wing body aero performance. The program will build on past flight programs like the Boeing X-48 blended wing body aircraft and the Aurora Excalibur UAS that combined jet-borne vertical lift with three electric, louvered lift fans that would retract into the wing in forward flight.

Design work will take place at Aurora and Boeing facilities across multiple states including Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The program is targeting first flight of the X-Plane demonstrator within 42 months.

Rake (mechanical + aero) would only work if it is coded into the physics. I think the mechanical rake is factored in but not aerodynamic rake (under body/tray acting as a long diffuser). Aero rake would not work well on a truck with high ride height anyways; it needs very low side skirts + flat undertray. Aside, supercars such as McLaren P1, Pagani Zonda, LaFerrari, etc. would have flat undertrays but I have no idea how their rake downforce is incorporated.

Doing that isnt going to help with the grip at all, you are going to need to basically soften everything as these aerodynamic effects (no aero) are only effective at higher speeds. As the car slows you are going to need it to be softer. Softening the front and stiffening the rear is going to accentuate the lack of grip by creating a balance more biased towards oversteer. Basically when you jack the ride height up you are going to want to make the car basically about as soft as possible without botteming out to get some of the mechanical grip back that you lose from raising your COG and roll center. We cant change the geometry of the suspension, so softening it gets some of this back.

The Series 806 Mil-Aero is an aerospace-grade micro miniature circular connector with triple-start threaded coupling. The 806 connector is smaller and lighter than conventional aerospace connectors. Featuring size 22HD, 20HD contacts plus size 8 power and high speed El Ochito, quadrax, and fiber optic options. The Series 806 offers up to twice the number of contacts with no reduction in performance than MIL-DTL-38999 Series III. In fact, independent laboratory testing has demonstrated that the Series 806 meets, and in many cases exceeds, the requirements of MIL-DTL-38999.

But there is more to the 806 than just size and weight reduction. This flight-proven high-performance connector has many innovative features that meet the most aggressive requirements of the military/aerospace industry, including better resistance to vibration-induced decoupling. This is accomplished by re-engineering the ratchet mechanism and introducing a shallower mating thread ramp angle than is available in D38999.

The Series 806 Mil-Aero connector features an O-ring radial interface sealing design instead of a flat gasket. This allows for easier metal-to-metal coupling, improved sealing, and better EMI performance. The MIL-DTL-38999 Series III and other legacy aerospace circular connectors have a flat gasket inside the receptacle shell. This peripheral seal must be compressed sufficiently to allow full metal-tometal connector bottoming. In certain tolerance conditions this seal can make it difficult to fully mate the connectors "without the use of tools" as is required by MIL-DTL-38999.

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