What design changes could be made to an aircraft to reduce the fuel required?

What design changes could be made to an aircraft to reduce the fuel required?

Here are four ways changes in aircraft design are helping reduce fuel consumption:

• Drag Reduction. Reducing the lift-to-drag ratio of an aircraft can make it more aerodynamically efficient and help reduce the aircraft’s weight and fuel use.
• Wiring.
• New Components, Equipment Designs and Materials.
• Efficient Engines.

What are some of the factors an aircraft manufacturer has to take into consideration during the design and development stage of a new commercial jetliner?

Since governments are responsible for certifying new aircraft, manufacturers must take factor safety, noise, and emission standards into consideration when designing and developing a new model.

How does weight affect a planes flight?

When weight is increased on an aircraft, it needs to fly at a higher angle-of-attack to produce more lift, opposing the aircraft’s increase in weight. This increases both the induced drag created by the wings and the overall parasite drag on the aircraft.

What is the biggest weight reduction in aircraft?

I am looking for some fun and relevant facts on this subject for an article I am writing. Perhaps the biggest weight reduction in aircraft across the board has been the use of composite materials over aluminum. This extends from small GA aircraft all the way up through airliners like Boeing Dreamliner.

How is technology used to improve aircraft performance?

Technological approaches to the above goals include the use of boundary layer control to reduce profile drag and parasite drag and the use of new materials, such as modern carbon-based or metal matrix composites, to reduce structural weight fraction.

How can we reduce the amount of wiring in an aircraft?

Design electrical, flight, and data systems that require less wiring in the first place. By reducing the amount of wire needed, the overall weight can be reduced significantly. One example is Avionics Full-Duplex (AFDX), which is used to replace ARINC 429 data networks on large aircraft.

Is the contribution of aircraft increasing or decreasing?

The aircraft contribution is increasing, however, as air traffic increases, while emissions from other sources are decreasing as a result of more stringent emissions standards and improved emissions reduction technologies.