The Future is Now
Urban air mobility, transport and surveillance - Efficient. Innovative. Safe. Sustainable. Versatile.
Better
performance
Bad-Weather
capability
Independence of
long airstrips
Safety
Extremly safe, due to independency of the rotor from the engine (autorotation) and benign flying characteristics
Low noise
Significantly quieter than comparable helicopters and multicopters
Various driving
technologies
AREAS OF USE
Personal Mobility
— your own aircraft
— personal mobility over a distance of 600 km
— enormous time saving
— independency of traffic during rush hours
— 600 landingspots in Germany
— connecting cities and remote locations
— professional training and service
Aerial Observation
— monitoring of energy networks (powerlines, pipelines, etc.)
— monitoring of industrial applications (solar powerplants etc.)
— search and rescue
— scanning remote areas
— disaster relief
— border controls
— piloted or autonomous operation
— sensor bay for various applications
Commercial Passenger Transport
— use on demand (Air Taxis)
— daily supply of remote areas
— hub-to-hub service
— high payload capacity
— suitable for distances from 10 to 600km
— technology is compliant with todays regulations
Commercial Logistic Transport
— high performance autonomous logisitic solution
— daily supply of cities and remote areas
— hub-to-hub service
— high payload capacity
— suitable for distances from 10 to 600km
— technology available but still dependent on local regulations
— efficient, low noise, safe and autonomous operation
— ready for operation within several hours almost everywhere
THE TECHNOLOGY
A technology developed for building
the safest aircraft generation
Propeller
Propeller is only responsible forforward thrust. CFD analysis and
fuselage optimization have been
performed, allowing a mostly
laminar flow into the propeller.
As a result the system is more
efficient and noticeably quieter.
Wing Lift
At higher speeds the wing providesup to 30% lift and therefore reduces
drag on the rotor which enables the
aircraft to reach speeds of more
than 200km/h.
Rotor Lift
Our rotorsystem uses the energycontained in the air stream to
drive the rotor. It is the same
principle as the maple seed. This
makes rotor lift independent
of the engine and therefore
extremely secure.
Tensor was designed by using state of the art aerospace technology
Fraundorfer Aeronautics invested seven years and 20k man-hours into research of autorotational systems. Mathematical systems have been developed to describe the aerodynamics and make highly efficient airfoil design possible. CFD-Analysis was used to reduce fuselage drag and compare developed rotor airfoils against standard geometries.
The autorotation - a principle designed by nature
Nature uses the principal of autorotation already for a long time. Maple seeds are a prime example of this. Getting behind the secrets and improving existing technological achievements is a challenging task – we gratefully accepted.
Applied Bionics - The Innovation
Our rotorsystem uses the energy contained in the air stream to drive the rotor, as the maple seed does. This makes our system independent of the engine and therefore extremely safe. It took seven years of research to fully understand the autorational principles and develop mathematical systems to design our efficient rotor blade (patent registred).
More secure
Extremely safe due to autorotationand the independence of the engine
More silent
Significantly more silent thanhelicopters or multicopters.
More efficient
30% more efficient compared toexisting autorotation rotors
The shift of critial areas of application
Target working range for airborne data acquisition Tensor enables you to fly safely, efficiently and above all cost-effectively in the optimum working range for data acquisition.
from 180 € / h (-600X)
Range of safe flight conditions. Below approx. 100 km/h a stall occurs and the aircraft crashes. Because of the high minimum speed, an aircraft can hardly avoid obstacles and therefore cannot fly lower than approx. 100 meters.
from 150 € / h (single engine airplane)
Range in which a helicopter can fly safely. In this range it is possible for the helicopter to achieve autorotation and emergency landing in case of engine failure. It may therefore only be operated here, but not within the "dead man's curve"*.
from 450 € / h (single engine helicopter)
In the area of the "dead man's curve" if a helicopter's engine fails, it would no longer reach the autorotation state and would therefore crash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_height%E2%80%93velocity_diagram
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Independency of driving technologies
Due to a single propeller connected to a central located engine, Tensor is able to be fitted with different types of driving engines. When the technology progress allows, electric or H2 driven motors are a viable alternative to conventional chemical systems.
1/3 drag compared to multicopter and 1/2 drag compared to helicopters make Tensor then the most efficient extrem short take-off and landing system available to implement all electric aerial transport.
OUR PROGRESS
Latest Updates
The Tensor 600X" has successfully completed its maiden flight. During the approximately one-hour flight, the aircraft reached speeds of up to 130 km/h and flight altitudes of 500 meters..
Handelsblatt article in the category "Family business of the day" about Fraundorfer Aeronautics and the Tensor 600X.
After many years of development and successfully passing the ground tests, we received the permit to fly (VVZ) for our Tensor 600X in December 2019.
Fraundorfer Aeronautics in the current special edition of the GendairkingerNews.
Fraundorfer gets international attention through the renouned magazine FlightGlobal International. Read more...
TENSOR 600X - Technology Demonstrator roll out and presentation at Airport Genderkingen with 200+ guests.
Nomination for the German Aviation Innovation Award. Read more...
Interview with the magazine Handelsblatt Read more...
First complete assembly of fuselage, wings, doors and windows.
Thermoforming of the Plexiglass windscreen. Some difficulties with cracks occurring during the forming process had to be solved.
Moulds of wings and internal parts are being collected from the manufacturer CNC Lapp, who is able to produce oversized moulds.
Machining of doorframes out of Ureol block material. Doorframes are made out of carbon with a foam core.
Rotors are equipped with a set of DMS for in flight testing of stress, torsion and dynamic loads.
Motor implementation on a special motor testing rig to figure out placement and available space for additional motor equipment.
Purchase of a Magni M16 to perform all relevant rotor tests. It will be equipped with sensible test equipment to track all relevant flight performance data.
Machining of the ergonomic model for fitting purposes of seating, cockpit instruments, steering and electrical systems as well as evaluating visibility and setting up doors and windows.
First ground tests of the R01 rotor system are completed and showing very promising results<
First complete rotor R01 assembly with rotorhead and balancing the system.
Stress test of rotor head assembly and rotor blade root as a system has took place with our partner in Oldenburg. Under the observing eye of the certification authority the rotor system passed all critical load configurations.
Applying torsion load onto the rotor blade of the first prototype rotor and comparing the measurements with calculated values.
Manufacturing of the first prototype rotor blade in cooperation with Kasaero GmbH in Ulm. Rotor blade is constructed with a foam core, carbon top layers and glass rotor blade root.
OUR TEAM
For further information about our core team or the advisory team, feel free to contact us.
Chief Executive Officer
- Aerospace engineer
- Graduate of the British „Empire Test Pilots School”
- 25-years of experience in aircraft design and management of aviation projects
- Specialist for process optimization and airworthiness certification with 20 years of experience
- Pilot and technical pilot for over 20 years on B777 / B767
- Mechanical engineer
- Former technical leader of “Ziegler Spezialfahrzeugbau”
- Pilot and flight instructor for more than 20 years
- Aerospace engineer
- Specialist for light weight construction and fiber reinforced composites
- Computer aided design and stress calculations
- Aerospace engineer
- Specialist for aerodynamics and airfoil design
- Designed the first airfoil family for rotors operating in autorotation
- Legal studies
- Event manager
- Focus Events & Marketing
- 10 years experience in accounting and personnel accounting
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CONTACT
Address
Fraundorfer Aeronautics AGFlugplatz Donauwörth-Genderkingen
Forstmahd 3, Hangar 2
86682 Genderkingen
Germany
Contact
+49 906 977 592 40
office@fraundorfer.aero
www.fraundorfer.aero