Atlas| Fly-by-Wireless

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The Challenge | Fly-by-Wireless

Beginning with the design or concept of a current aircraft or spacecraft, your challenge is to engineer the design of the first aircraft or spacecraft with no wires, connectors, or penetrations! You may choose to add functions that the original vehicle does not have. Be sure to identify future aerospace applications as specifically as possible.

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Bringing light the wire problems

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Humankind's greatest challenge has always been in the means of energy conversion, its storage and transmission. The idea of a wireless aircraft or spacecraft is a relevant and challenging engineering concept, and we currently live with some wireless communication and power transmission technologies such as RF, Optical (fiber), X-ray, Magnetic and Ultrasonic ( application image and pros and cons), yet perhaps the answer is right before our eyes in literally everything we see.

According to science, human eyes capture light (within certain frequency limits) through their interaction with bodies. But what is the light?

Light:

Electromagnetic wave capable of carrying electric and magnetic fields together without changing velocities as they are transported from one medium to another. Having a dual characteristic, being particle and wave at the same time, electromagnetic wave in its propagation and interaction medium, at the same time as particle for the photoelectric phenomenon.

Thus the idea consists of a light system for wireless power transmission as well as data transmission using passive photovoltaic converter units.

Photovoltaic cell:

System that allows the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electric current.

We have developed an aircraft concept design that enables the electrification and transmission of data through light and its direction through reflector units and receiver units of energy conversion.

We used BOEING 737 as a model and got the following results:

  • Decrease in weight (7.78% to 10.35%);
  • Energy Efficiency Gain;
  • Waste Reduction (up to 7.41 tons);
  • Exponential increase in space exploration research;
  • Modular Maintenance;
  • Economy: US$535 - US$705 million dollars/year

Our multidisciplinary team is comprised of two designers, one entrepreneur with extensive experience in interior design (Nathália) and another international award winner in Slovenia (André), a multinational developer (Gabriel), a photovoltaic business analyst (Fernanda) and a corporate project analyst for the conductors and electrical components industry (Leonardo).

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