22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-P2.5

RAPID WIND TUNNEL MODEL MANUFACTURE AND MODEL CHANGE TECHNIQUES

J. D. Hammond
British Aerospace Airbus Ltd., UK

Keywords: wind-tunnel model, design,manufacture

Commercial pressure continues to drive the civil aircraft industry to reduce cycle time between project go-ahead and aircraft entry into service. Model design and manufacture has been brought into focus as a critical path item. The model design and manufacture facility at Airbus UK, Filton have adopted the following techniques to meet that demand: Rapid prototyping, high performance machining and special consideration to design for quick model changes.

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