A few week ago, I saw that De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Launches a new fire bomber, DHC-515 Firefighter, which will be an evolution of existing Canadair CL-415.
Since I was a child, I regularly see this type of aircrafts fighting forest fires in the south of France.
I even add the chance to "visit" one of them during some vacations a few yeas ago.
This is really an impressive airplane...
All these things lead me to decide a few days ago to design a new type of fire bomber, based on my previous Tiltrotor Concept.
Thanks to CATIA Mechanical & Shape Engineer role on the cloud, I have reused my previous concept and converted it to become a seaplane.
I spent some time to adapt and enhanced the landing gear and the shape of the aircraft when this one is up.
Thanks to CATIA Mechanical System Design, I then developed kinematics of both the engines and the landing gear.
Using CATIA Mechanical System Experience, I have then developed 2 simulations
- the first one to simulate the take off of my Pelican NG from the sea, showcasing the engines going from 45deg to full horizontal mode
- the second one to simulate the take off of my Pelican NG from the land, showcasing the engines going from vertical to horizontal mode and the landing gear.
As I like to do, I have then created a Realtime Experience thanks to 3DEXCITE Creative Experience and Planet Studio, on the cloud
- to showcase my new seaplane concept at sea
- to display and compare it with my previous tiltrotor designs, landed at an airport
"Mixing" all those contents together, and thanks to the Magy of our 3DEPERIENCE platform, I then reused my simulations to create animations in my Realtime Experience to showcase take off
- from the sea
- from an airport
I do not know if any aircraft maker will try to develop this kind of concept, but on my side I have really liked spending time to create thanks to 3DEPERIENCE CATIA.
