Onera Tests Gust Sensitivity Of Flying Whales’ Cargo Airship

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Gust sensitivity of Flying Whales’ heavy-lift cargo airship is tested in Onera’s free-flight laboratory
Credit: Onera
French startup Flying Whales’ plans to produce large airships for commercial freight transport have taken a step forward with tests at French research agency Onera to assess the design’s sensitivity of an airship to wind gusts. The tests to validate digital simulation tools were conducted in...
Graham Warwick

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