Future Flight Project

未来飞行项目是学校研究所（IRIS）和ZeroAvia之间的合作项目，该项目为英国各地的学生提供了一个通过发展他们的研究，团队合作，解决问题的技能和知识来了解碳零航空的机会。该项目指导学生进行初步的个人研究，以发现商业航空目前对地球的影响以及如何减少碳排放。学生将学习氢燃料电池和氢飞机背后的理论，以及飞机设计和操作的基本原理。学生们将进行初步研究，然后开发创新的解决方案，以适应现有的飞机，以适应氢罐的无碳飞行;他们将使用OpenVSP（由美国宇航局开发的免费软件）来模拟他们的飞机适应和虚拟测试他们的飞机，以衡量其性能。该项目将测试学生从软件中解释数据的能力，做出有意识的设计决策，并为他们提供ZeroAvia技术团队面临的真实的生活挑战的经验。学生必须通过各种成本效益分析方法，包括阻力、票价和航程，来考虑外部油箱和内部油箱的影响。该项目将培养学生的整体思维过程时，作出决定，以实现飞机适应，最大限度地减少环境影响和消费者成本。参与者将能够独自完成项目，并在同学之间讨论OpenVSP的结果，概念和想法，以实现协作和同行支持。学生将通过海报完成他们的项目，以记录他们的研究和拉伸任务，还包括学生3D打印飞机设计模型的机会。该项目将包括定期的网络研讨会和与ZeroAvia技术团队的面对面访问，并在IRIS会议上达到高潮，学生有机会向来自英国各地的其他对STEM感兴趣的学生展示他们的研究和成果。

The Future Flight Project, is a collaboration between the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) and ZeroAvia which gives students across the UK an opportunity to learn about Carbon Net-Zero aviation through developing their research, teamworking, problem solving skills and knowledge. This project directs students to carry out initial, individual research to discover the current impact that commercial aviation is having on the planet and how carbon emissions can be reduced. Students will learn the theory behind hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen aircraft alongside the basic fundamentals of aircraft design and operation. The students will conduct Initial research and then develop innovative solutions to adapt an existing aircraft to accommodate hydrogen tanks for carbon-free flight; they will use OpenVSP (free software developed by NASA) to model their aircraft adaptations and virtually test their aircraft to gauge its performance. This project will test students' ability to interpret data from software, make conscious design decisions and give them experience working towards a real life challenge faced by ZeroAvia's technical teams. Students will have to consider the impact of external vs. internal tanks by various means of cost benefit analysis including drag, ticket price and range. The project will develop students' holistic thought processes when making decisions to achieve aircraft adaptations that minimise environmental impact and consumer cost. Participants will be able to complete the project alone and discuss OpenVSP results, concepts and ideas amongst classmates to allow collaboration and peer support. The students will finalize their projects via a poster to document their research and stretch tasks also include the opportunity for students to 3D print their aircraft design models. The project will include regular webinars and face to face visits with the technical team at ZeroAvia and culminates in an IRIS conference, where students have the opportunity to present their research and results to other students interested in STEM from all over the UK.