A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft

Conference paper (2021)

Authors

P. Vink Materials and Manufacturing - IDE
S. Anjani Applied Ergonomics and Design - IDE
C. Percuoco Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Roelof Vos Flight Performance and Propulsion - Aerospace Engineering
Amalia Vanacore Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Research Group
Materials and Manufacturing (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 P. Vink, S. Anjani, C. Percuoco, Roelof Vos, Amalia Vanacore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_24
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Sustainable Design Engineering

Research Group

Materials and Manufacturing

Abstract

Staggered seats might be a solution for a V-shaped aircraft (the Flying V). The cabin longitudinal axis of this airplane has a 26° angle with respect to the direction of flight. When seats are positioned in the direction of flight, they consequently have an angle to the cabin and become staggered. It is unknown whether the comfort of this staggered seat is appreciated. In this study, 117 participants tested the comfort and the privacy experience in this staggered seat compared with a regular aircraft seat. The experiment showed that both comfort and privacy were significantly better in the staggered seats. However, the analysis is based on short-term evaluations, which means that long-term effects still need to be studied and also the effects of groups travelling together need to be investigated.