In the UL-CompPro project, run with East 4D Carbon Technology GmbH in the AMULET (1st call) programme, we are developing the skids of an ultralight helicopter.
The challenge
Helicopter skids must be light and still carry the landing loads. Elements with different functions – long profiles and nodes with complex shapes – are hard to make well with one process.
Carbon Design’s scope
- Design and manufacture of forged carbon connectors
- Cooperation with East 4D Carbon Technology GmbH on the skid structure
Technology
The profiles are made by filament winding and the connectors from forged carbon. The profiles carry bending thanks to fibres laid at a designed angle, and the connectors with complex 3D shapes are made in a short moulding cycle. The profiles are formed in one step with the connectors.
Status
Research and development project in the AMULET (1st call) programme – in progress.
