2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Future Aircraft and Its Challenges on Aeronautical Technology
Author : Zhang Yanzhong
Published in: Footprints in Cambridge and Aviation Industries of China
Publisher: Springer Singapore
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The future special aircraft are presented. Different helicopters, mini-UAVs, ground effect, airships and tilt-rotors developing in China are described. The challenges of future aircraft on aeronautical technology are described. Supersonic flight, advanced aerodynamics, new aero-engines, smart structures, new materials, fly by light, free flight, new fuels, virtual reality technologies required by the 21st century aircraft are presented.