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SUMMARY:Manchester Branch: Jetopetra
DESCRIPTION:Urban Air Mobility is often presented as a solution to congesti
 on\, with VTOL aircraft transporting people and packages between cities an
 d city blocks. However\, the more immediate applications lie in disaster r
 esponse\, regional manned transport\, and cargo that must be delivered qui
 ckly to locations where helicopters struggle to operate quietly\, safely\,
  or economically.\nThis lecture explores fluidics—a control methodology 
 recently reintroduced at the University of Manchester—which maintains ai
 rcraft attitude using blown air rather than moving control surfaces. Ameri
 can counterparts\, including Aurora Flight Sciences\, are developing this 
 technology at full scale through DARPA's CRANE programme and the X-65 airc
 raft. Jetoptera takes this concept further by treating fluidics as a propu
 lsion system itself\, integrating it with wing design through an upper-sur
 face-blown wing configuration at an unprecedented level.\nJetoptera's Flui
 dic Propulsive System (FPS) is a bladeless propulsion architecture that ge
 nerates thrust from directed\, augmented airflow rather than spinning roto
 rs. This enables VTOL and high-speed cruise from a single adaptive system\
 , delivering atonal noise levels approximately 40 dB below equivalent-powe
 r conventional helicopters\, cruise speeds two to three times faster than 
 traditional helicopters or multirotor designs\, and no exposed blades on t
 he ramp. This combination opens operational sites and missions unavailable
  to conventional rotorcraft due to noise\, downwash\, or speed limitations
 .\nWith a growing J-Series waitlist spanning cargo\, agricultural\, and pa
 ssenger aircraft concepts\, Jetoptera is now transitioning the FPS from a 
 propulsion innovation into a family of aircraft purpose-built for silent\,
  fast logistics operations.
LOCATION:Roscoe Building\, University of Manchester\, Manchester
URL:https://events.aero/gb/events/manchester-branch-jetopetra
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