{"id":12312,"date":"2019-12-04T13:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12312"},"modified":"2019-12-04T13:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:09:54","slug":"stimulating-simulations-air-racing-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/stimulating-simulations-air-racing-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Stimulating Simulations \u2013 Air Racing on Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Bishop reports on The Royal Aeronautical Society\u2019s International Light Aircraft Design Competition, which provided stimulating simulations for on-screen air racing.<\/p>\n

The 2019 RAeS competition was to design an electric air-racer, inspired by Air Race E\u2019s new competition starting up in 2020. With a single pilot and short duration, this is an excellent proving ground for new electric power train technologies.<\/p>\n

According to the RAES, \u201cThe design rules were based on Air Race E, but widened to encourage a broader range of configurations. Air Race E rules include a minimum empty weight of 227 kg, a maximum motor power of 150 kW, fixed pitch propellers, a minimum wing area of 6.132 square meters and a fixed main undercarriage. Air Race E also demands that all motors have the same thrust line. This limitation was removed from the RAeS competition to encourage wider innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rendering of Madison Square Gardens in 2016 shows crowd potential for cyber games similar to computer-based air races<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Flyer <\/em>magazine<\/a>, racers had to fly around a five-kilometer (3.1 miles) course, staying within high and low limits and not cutting any horizontal boundaries.\u00a0 \u201cThe results were announced at the Royal Aeronautical Society\u2019s annual Light Aircraft Design Conference on Electrifying General Aviation on 18 November. \u00a0Awards were presented to the top three by Steve Slater, CEO of the Light Aircraft Association.\u201d<\/p>\n

An international lineup of 15 contestants pushed those rules, already more flexible than those for Air Race E, to their absolute limits. They came up with configurations featuring single to four motors, propelling monoplanes, biplanes and triplanes (or three-wing configurations).<\/p>\n

Iontrepid <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Winner Iontrepid showed a maximum speed of 330 knots (380 mph).\u00a0 It is able to take high-G turns without losing speed, despite its high-aspect ratio flying wing configuration \u2013 more something one would seen on a sailplane. Its pusher motor and retractable nosewheel, designed by Cameron Garner from x-aerodynamics<\/a> of Timaru in New Zealand, minimizes drag \u201cwith the short fuselage, and the rear propeller ingests the fuselage boundary layer. Wing sections were tailored to increase laminar flow. \u00a0X-aerodynamics develop flight-realistic aircraft models for the x-plane simulator.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iontrepid won first place in England’s Light Aircraft Design competition emulating Air Race E rules<\/p><\/div>\n

Showing the firm’s ability to provide realistic flight simulation, they gift users with two freeware samples, one for the Aerobask-Robin-DR401<\/a> shown below, and one for the Aerobask Lancair Legacy FG XP11.<\/a><\/p>\n