portsharbourflyer
28th Mar 2023, 17:50
Just to clarify everyone, the Islander you see on linkedin under project Fresson seems to appear to be just a standard Islander with the engine nacelles painted green and hydrogen written on the side. It doesn't look like any fuel cell mods are actually fitted to date.
The latest video showed felt tip drawn arrows showing where they intend to fit stuff, as it seems apparent nothing has been fitted to date?
On a piston twin with marginal single engine performance fitting large underwing pods and large cooling compressors is going to add alot of drag and probably degrade single engine performance so much it will probably have to operate under SET AOC rules. SET AOC doesn't really work for the Scottish Islands.
To add underwing pods on the baseline Islander were never previously approved for AOC use, SPO and aerial work only.
Not sure what anyone else thinks but the CGI of Fresson concept does appear to have some obvious design flaws for a light part 23 twin.
The latest video showed felt tip drawn arrows showing where they intend to fit stuff, as it seems apparent nothing has been fitted to date?
On a piston twin with marginal single engine performance fitting large underwing pods and large cooling compressors is going to add alot of drag and probably degrade single engine performance so much it will probably have to operate under SET AOC rules. SET AOC doesn't really work for the Scottish Islands.
To add underwing pods on the baseline Islander were never previously approved for AOC use, SPO and aerial work only.
Not sure what anyone else thinks but the CGI of Fresson concept does appear to have some obvious design flaws for a light part 23 twin.