KITE WING MODULE
The Wings on Kite. . .
Each wing has 8 custom circuit boards that drive the navigation lights, airspeed sensors, aileron servos, and sensors for point perfect aircraft control.
. . . consist of composite skins and 3D printed internal structure. With split ailerons controlled completely internally, this aircraft is able to efficiently stay within 1m of the desired flight path. The profile of these high-aspect-ratio wings has been aerodynamically optimized to the vehicle’s cruise speed.
First Design Produced at Scale!
They have undergone some serious iteration and testing to land on a design that is as-light-as-possible while being strong enough to withstand 6 g maneuvers.
Design Iteration
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AERODYNAMIC
LIGHTWEIGHT
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Wing Module Composition:
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Weight-Optimized Wing Skins.
The light, thin wings on the Kite aircraft are made of carbon fiber skins bonded to a 3D printed internal structure. The design required analysis and testing to reach the strength requirements. The wing skins of the aircraft must elligantly withstand 5.8 g’s in a banked turn on a turbulent day. With a maximum thickness of 12mm, the core inside the carbon fiber needed to be carefully optimized.
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Intricate Internal Structure.
The wing internal structure is one piece for rapid manufacturing. The part must be resin 3D-printed to hit the tolerance and stiffness requirements. The one-piece structure packs all of the product features in a tiny footprint. With 8 seamlessly integrated circuit boads, 2 aileron mechanisms, and a trigger for tool-less removal, the wing is the most complex module on the aircraft.
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Intellegent Features.
There are sensors that indicate health of mechanical features and all flight-required features are fully redundant. The wing trigger senses if the wing is properly attached to the aircraft. Sensors verfiy aileron position. Additonally, temperature control dictates the brightness of the wing tip lights. Ailerons, pitot tubes, and electronics are fully redundant.
Wings are now flying
BVLOS
routes in
8 countries.
