DALLAS – A SWISS (LX) Boeing 777-300ER equipped with Lufthansa Technik and BASF’s AeroSHARK surface technology has taken off on its first passenger flight.
The fuselage and engine nacelles of the triple seven were modified with roughly 950 square meters of Riblet film, which mimics the flow-efficient features of shark skin.
Flow models have revealed a savings potential of slightly more than 1% for this sort of aircraft. The first scheduled flights with the aircraft registered as HB-JNH will now help to validate these potential savings in day-to-day flying operations.
According to calculations and flow simulations, AeroSHARK’s distinctive surface structure of microscopic read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”