Airbus unveils working model of its fuel-saving "giant flying wing"
Airbus has revealed a working model of its MAVERIC aircraft, which has a "blended wing body" design that could reduce fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent.
The aircraft takes its name from an acronym that stands for Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls.
Measuring at two metres long and 3.2 metres wide, with a surface area of around 2.25 metres squared, the MAVERIC is currently a remote-controlled model demonstrator plane.
According to Airbus, if the plane was made full scale, its "blended wing body" design and could potentially burn up to 20 per cent less fuel that current traditional shaped aircrafts with the same engine.
The MAVERIC remote-controlled demonstrator is two metres long and 3.2 metres wide "At Airbus, we understand society expects more from us in terms of improving the environmental performance of our aircraft," said Adrien Bérard, co-leader of the MAVERIC project.
"MAVERIC's blended wing body configuration is a potential game-changer in this respect, and we're keen to push the technology to the limit."
"Initially, many dismissed the MAVERIC project as merely a 'hobby', or, in other words, a project Airbus wouldn't learn very much from," he continued.
"So we had to prove them wrong by showing that we could deliver a very sound basis for future aircraft configuration."
Airbus has been test flying the MAVERIC since June 2019 at a secret location
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