Case Study: Wingtra boosts payload capacity by 56% with AirShaper

Wingtra boosts payload capacity by 56% with AirShaper

Wingtra, a leading producer of VTOL mapping drones, faced the complex challenge of designing a new drone that performs efficiently in both hover and cruise flight modes. Their traditional development process, hindered by slow manual simulations, could not keep up with the need for rapid iteration. To overcome these competing constraints and variable payload requirements, they partnered with AirShaper.

By integrating AirShaper's cloud-based CFD platform, Wingtra adopted a simulation-first workflow. This allowed their team to run automated aerodynamic analyses in under 10 minutes, evaluating over 180 design variants in just six months. The solution from AirShaper enabled Wingtra to achieve significant performance gains, including a 12% increase in aerodynamic efficiency and a 56% boost in payload capacity, while dramatically accelerating their time-to-market.

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