The team developing the Stratos 714 single-engine personal jet reported yesterday that the project had received enough third-party funding to conduct wind tunnel tests of a 1/8th scale model. Those tests are expected to take place in April, probably at the University of Washington.
According to Carsten Sundin, Stratos Aircraft’s chief technical officer and vice president of engineering, the design of the four-place, all-composite aircraft was the product of extensive use of computation fluid dynamics (CFD). As a result, he said, the wind tunnel testing is being done essentially to verify what’s already known. Those tests should take 5-10 days, he said.
Up to this point the four-year old project has been financed largely by Michael Lemaire, a French high-tech entrepreneur who found success in India and Silicon Valley.
The Stratos 714 is to be powered by a single, 3,030 lb thrust Williams FJ-44 turbofan that should provide a 400 kt cruise at FL 410. Range is 1500 nm. Target price is $2 million.
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