

ABOUT HERA
The HERA project was a 5 week group design project carried out by students at Imperial College London. The puropse of this project was to create the preliminary conceptual design of a hybrid, fixed-wing regional aricraft. For more details about this project please download the executive summary from the Project Documents section.
MEET THE TEAM
FATT01 - Project Co-ordinators
Members: Andrew Olson Gallardo & Han Yan
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Project Co-ordination & Information Managments
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Business Case & Cost Estimations
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Compliance with Design Standards
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Engineering Drawings

FATT06 - Flight Testing
Membes: Faris Pleho & Nigvi
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Lifting surface design
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Aerodynamic performance predictions
FATT03 - Flight Mechanics & Performance
Members: Norberto Goizueta & Jamell I. Samuels
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Static & Dynamics Stability Prediction
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Control Surface Selection & Sizing
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Aircraft Performance
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Weright & Balance Predictions
Acknowledgements
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Those of us apart of the HERA team would like to thank all of the supervisors involved (Dr Buxton, Dr Wynn, Dr Allegri, Dr Laizet & Dr Robinson). A special thanks goes to Dr Errikos Levis who was the primary academic supervisor for this project and provided us with a lot of guidance throughout the course of this project. Also thanks to Mr Faris Pleho for designing the themes used for the video and report.
FATT04 - Structures
Members: James McCullagh, Ryan Ng & Sebastian Reymert
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Predicition of Design Loading Conditions
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Sizing of Major Components
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Structural Layout
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Material Selection
FATT05 - Systems & Propulsion
Members: Weronika Kasiborska, Fraz Malik, Kah Ming Tan, Sander J. Visser & Ashleigh Waldron
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Powerplant Selection & Integration
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Powerplant Performance & Prediction
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System Selection & Layout
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Undercarriage Layout
FATT02 - Aerodynamics
Membes: Hong Kim, William Taylor, Alan Perfect
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Lifting surface design
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Aerodynamic performance predictions