German Aerospace Center (DLR)’s Post

🥇 And the winner is… ... the team from Technische Universität Berlin, with their concept "CHARGE". Yesterday we hosted the 8th Design Challenge final event of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Congratulations to the winners and to all other participants for the hard work and efforts put into this! CHARGE (Carbon-neutral High-efficiency Aircraft for ReGional Electric flight) employs a combination of a box-wing configuration with distributed electric propulsion (DEP) to achieve high aerodynamic and propulsive efficiency. The concept relies solely on batteries due to their extremely high efficiency. CHARGE is designed to transport 110 passengers over distances of up to 894 kilometers. Their concept impressed the jury with an outstanding report in which all design decisions were thoroughly justified and explained. All key disciplines were comprehensively covered, and the use of innovative technologies was supported by solid research. The members of the team who came up with this design are Lennart Wauer, Leonid Wenz, Tim Schulz, Mathias Tekkel, Luca Kriebel and Clemens Ehrich. We are curious to see your ideas take off. And… see you soon? 🔎 We are always on the lookout for passionate scientists to join our team… On a final note, we would like to thank Simon Mueller and Lucas Kugler from our Institute, as well as Claudio Niro from the DLR-Institut für Aerodynamik und Strömungstechnikfor organizing this year's challenge ! Many thanks also to the jury members from the DLR-Institut für Aerodynamik und Strömungstechnik, DLR Institute of Propulsion Technology, DLR-Institut für Aeroelastik, DLR - Institut für Systemleichtbau, DLR-Institut für Luftverkehr, DLR Institute of Flight Systems and DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics for bringing in their expertise in the review of the concepts. Stay tuned to get to know the other concepts in the next days ! The topic of this year's Design Challenge was “Future mobility on regional routes”. For more information on the Design Challenge visit the DLR website. https://lnkd.in/eCRV7p3d #sustainableaviation #nextgeneration #dlrdesignchallenge #innovations