CENTAUR: VIDEO
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Proven
Using "dynamically representative" models pushed beyond the edges of the flight envelope in extreme conditions and through extreme handling scenarios, the Centaur has already been through a gruelling test program and performed and handled beyond all expectations.
Tested just as Lockheed Martin and Saunder-Roe used to trial with reduced scale models, Warrior's Centaur gives a taste of the new capabilities and handling qualities that are on the way…
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Flying
Aerodynamic interference between the wing and center-section make the Centaur pitch correctly and safely with changes of flap and power setting.
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Rough-water take-off
A progressive increase in power but otherwise no control input until trimming after take-off. The waves are breaking occasionally and scale to about 0.8m (2.5 ft).
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Side-slip landing
Elevator neutral and about 12 degrees of side-slip. This model has not capsized once on landing though flight-testing has included fully-stalled 'crashes' and every effort to porpoise.
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Extreme waves
These waves scale to about 1.2 m (4 ft). Note how slight the pitching is and the lack of vertical accelerations. Also note the lack of deceleration as it cuts through waves at speed
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Glassy-water landing
Assume a miss-judged glassy-water landing. Note that the elevator is neutral and the flat attitude with which it 'arrives', enough to destroy many conventional seaplanes.
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Short take-off
At gross weight, stub-wings in ground-effect and Fowler-flap in the propeller slip-stream get it off the water in a short space in near-still conditions.
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Turbulent take-off
Self-tracking in very windy conditions without pitch or roll control input.
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Wings folded
With wings folded (hydraulically) it will taxi at over 20 knots in displacement mode. It will maneuver at 4 to 6 knots with an independent 360-degree thruster.