Pipistrel Vertical Solutions d.o.o.
Slovenia
Horizon Europe / Clean Aviation
fLHYing tank
Flight demonstration of a liquid hydrogen load-bearing tank in an unmanned cargo platform
Project overview
Flight demonstration of a load-bearing composite LH2 tank
Consortium
Collaborating organisations
Publicly available roster. Each verified country is shown with its flag.
Composite-material relevance
Core
Objectives and expected results
Integrate and flight-test on a cargo UAV an approximately 1,000-litre, fully composite, load-bearing, vacuum-insulated tank.
Technology, materials and applications
Technology tags
Included
Material families
CFRP, vacuum insulation
Manufacturing processes
Tank design 1000 L, digital twin, testing and qualification
Application sectors
Civil aerospace, UAV, Hydrogen
Fibre and matrix systems
Carbon fibre /
TRL
Not specified to Not specified
Funding and verification
Funding authority
European Commission; Clean Aviation JU
Funding call
HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-04
Total project budget
EUR 3947691.25