I-Airbus, ekhombisa ibhanoyi layo le- “Flight Lab” BLADE okokuqala embukisweni omkhulu womoya, isayine isivumelwano nabamele izinhlaka eziningi ezingagcini nje ngokuphawula impumelelo ehlangene yokuletha lolu hlelo oluyingqayizivele, kodwa futhi baqinisekisa isifiso sabo sokwakha kulolu hlelo ohlakeni lwaseYurophu lwe-Clean Sky. Ababambiqhaza abakhona kanye nomphathi omkhulu we-Airbus uTom Enders kulo mcimbi bekubandakanya amalungu ePhalamende laseYurophu, iKhomishini yaseYurophu, uHulumeni waseGerman, amazwe angamalungu aseYurophu kanye nabalingani bezimboni kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Iphrojekthi ye-BLADE, emele i- "Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator eYurophu", iyingxenye yesigaba sokuqala se-Clean Sky - uhlelo oluyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.6 lwe-Euro ebelusebenza kusukela ngo-2008. IBLADE inikwe umsebenzi wokuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukwethula ukugeleza kwe-laminar ubuchwepheshe bephiko endizeni enkulu. Ihlose ukuthuthukisa umkhondo wezemvelo wezindiza, ukuletha ukwehliswa kokudonswa kwezindiza ngamaphesenti ayi-10 kuze kufike kumaphesenti amahlanu ukukhishwa okungaphansi kwe-CO2. I-Airbus isebenze nethimba labalingani abangaphezu kwabangu-20 ababalulekile * nabaxhasi abangaba ngu-500 abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yobukhulu bayo nobunzima bayo, le phrojekthi yenzeka kuphela ngenxa yohlelo lwaseYurophu lokucwaninga i-Clean Sky.
NgoSepthemba 2017 i-Airbus 'A340 laminar-flow Flight Lab test plane (A340-300 MSN001) yenze indiza yayo yaba yimpumelelo futhi kusukela lapho ibilokhu ihlolwa ngempumelelo ukuhlola izici zephiko ezindizeni. Indiza yokuhlola ingeyokuqala emhlabeni ukuhlanganisa iphrofayili yephiko le-laminar enesakhiwo sangempela sangaphakathi.
Ngaphandle indiza ifakelwe amaphiko amabili angaphandle amile okwe-transonic laminar, kanti ngaphakathi egumbini kunesiteshi esiyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu sokuhlola izindiza (i-FTI). Ukuguqulwa okunzulu kwebhanoyi lombhede lokuhlola i-A340-300 kwenzeke ngesikhathi seqembu lezinyanga eziyi-16 elisebenza eTarbes, eFrance, ngokuxhaswa ngabalingani abaningi bezimboni kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ngokuya ngobuchwepheshe bokuhlola, 'ukuqala' okuphawulekayo kufaka phakathi ukusetshenziswa kwamakhamera we-infrared ukuqapha izindawo zokushintshwa kokuhamba kwe-laminar kanye ne-acoustic generator ekala ithonya lama-acoustics ku-laminarity. Okunye kokuqala uhlelo olusha lwe-reflectometry olulinganisa ukushuba okuphelele ngesikhathi sangempela ngesikhathi sendiza. Kuze kube manje iFlight Lab isebenze amahora angama-66 endiza. Izindiza zizoqhubeka kuze kufike u-2019, ezinikele ekuhloleni izinto ezinomthelela ku-laminarity.
