Honda’s New Airplane is 20% More Efficient than Competitors Honda

H The plane’s fuselage shape also allows air to move smoothly over the exterior. This flow is called “natural laminar flow” and is usually limited to small parts of the surface on a business jet. However, with the prototype jet, Honda sought to improve how far the laminar flow can extend along the fuselage and the wing.

Fujino said that the subtle bulges on the nose of the plane and on the wings create “a very complex pressure distribution.” As air moves over these bulges, it changes speed creating areas of high and low pressure. These pressure changes essentially “suck the laminar flow toward the end of the wing.”


plane’s engines are also innovative. Designed by GE, the engines have an unusually high air compression ratio. The high-tech fluid dynamics software optimizes airflow within the compact engine and maximizes the plane’s performance.