HALOS Composite Rotor Blades

旋翼叶片和螺旋桨是为各种类型的飞机提供升力/推进的既定手段。随着先进空中机动（AAM）市场的扩大，预计对轻型旋翼叶片的需求将呈指数级增长，特别是用于新型电子垂直起降（e-VTOL）全电动城市和次区域垂直起降飞机。HALOS（高度自动化，轻量化，优化和可扩展）转子叶片旨在展示一种高度可扩展和低成本的制造方法，用于未来的转子叶片，能够满足该行业的预测需求。现有的复合螺旋桨和旋翼叶片供应链目前无法满足AAM的要求，主要是由于飞机数量的增加（由于复杂性和成本的降低）和每架飞机所需的叶片数量所驱动的体积要求。空空导弹的设计要求，如垂直起降和前飞混合飞行、多旋翼、低盘载荷、短飞行时间和低噪音，确实需要不同风格的叶片。因此，需要一种新的方法和制造方法来满足这个新市场和飞机品种的要求，满足航空航天标准，但其数量和成本要求更类似于汽车行业的要求。HALOS转子叶片将敏捷，高增长的SME （Carbon threes60）与NCC的设施和专业知识结合在一起，通过创新的设计和制造技术的集合来解决上述要求，这些技术结合了高性能，低成本和批量可扩展性，并得到了几家大型航空航天制造商的支持。

Rotor blades and propellers are an established means of providing lift/propulsion for various aircraft types. As the AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) market expands, the demand for lightweight rotor blades is predicted to increase exponentially, particularly for use on a new breed of e-VTOL full electric urban & sub-regional based vertical take off and landing aircraft. HALOS (Highly Automated, Lightweight, Optimised & Scalable) Rotor Blade seeks to demonstrate a highly scalable and low cost manufacturing methodology for future rotor blades that will be capable of meeting the forecasted demand from the sector. The existing supply chain for composite propellers and rotor blades is not presently capable of meeting the requirements of AAM, predominantly due to the volume requirements which are driven both by higher numbers of aircraft (due to lower complexity and cost) and also the number of blades required per aircraft. The design requirements of AAM, such as a mix of VTOL and forward flight, multiple rotors with low disk loading, short flight duration and low noise do require a different style of blade. There is therefore a need for a new approach and manufacturing methodology to meet the requirements of this new market and breed of aircraft, meeting aerospace standards but with volume and cost requirements more akin to that seen in the automotive industry. HALOS Rotor Blade brings together an agile, high growth SME (Carbon ThreeSixty) with the facilities and expertise of the NCC to address the above requirements through an innovative design and collection of manufacturing technologies which combine high performance with low cost and volume scalability and is supported by several large aerospace manufacturers.