Accelerating Blended Wing Aircraft Development at Natilus
Image render of Kona
Image render of Horizon
“What really gets us excited about Luminary is the ease of use. Taking meshing almost to a turnkey solution allows us to focus on thoroughly understanding every aspect of the aircraft's performance.”
Luminary-generated mesh of the Kona surface and the surrounding volume
“We can analyze more design options in less time, testing different parameters and configurations. This accelerates our development timeline significantly - something our customers see as a huge advantage.”
Wind tunnel tests of the Kona aircraft
100x faster
Time to performance insights, compared with Natilus's previous solution
5-10 minutes
Time to run a simulation for a 50-million-cell mesh, down from 10–14 hours with previous tools
98%
Reduction in cost compared to flight testing, based on $5,000 per flight test hour versus $100 for equivalent data points via Luminary Cloud
Contour plot of the surface pressure on the Kona aircraft in Luminary