DLR Project LamAiR

[Triton]

Drawings and model of German Aerospace Center (DLR) Project LamAiR (Laminar Aircraft Research).

Source:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&plckPostId=Blog%3a7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost%3ab444abd5-9f43-4c49-bd92-154303a77f3f
http://www.dlr.de/bk/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-7411/12472_read-30356/gallery-1/gallery_read-Image.35.19418/
http://www.plm-it-business.de/simulation/Positive-Effekte--durch-negative-Pfeilung.htm

 

[robunos]

If they're serious about this, they could expedite matters by using an existing T-tailed airliner fuselage for a testbed.

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Jemiba]

With regards to aviation, the DLR is more of a think tank, than an aviation company,
so they would rather make, say, EADS modify an old BAC 111 or DC 9/Boeing 717 and
support them with research data, than to start such a project on their own. In 2010
the DLR had an own budget of 745 million €. So, without stopping all other programs,
such programs probably would be financially out of their scope, I think.