The VTAIL project was presented by the sister companies VALLET (coordinator) and CMA. VTAIL was dedicated to the design and the manufacturing of a new fuel efficient business jet of 3 metres span.

The model was highly modular and highly instrumented with the following particularities:

• A Canard wing configuration;
• Triple nacelles engines;
• Two sets of wings, one instrumented the other modular;
• An instrumented rake nacelle;
• A motorised Empennage and Canard.

For low and high speed tests, the model was tested in several different wind tunnels across Europe.

VALLET and CMA are independent SME’s and know how to customise the model for any wind tunnel operator without any conflict of interests.

The project contributed to push forward the European aircraft industry by manufacturing and testing innovative VTAIL business jets. The expected increase of efficiency was needed to limit the environmental impact of the aircraft with regard to less fuel burn, emissions and noise.