Resources

The Collaborative Bee Ecosystem provides open educational and research resources for students, universities, and industry partners
working on sustainable and intelligent aircraft design.
This section gathers selected tools, training materials, and publications connected to the
Lesser Open Bee License 1.3 and the open projects it supports:
Bee-Plane™,
Mini-Bee™, and
ISO-Plane™.

All resources listed here are part of the open knowledge mission of the Bee ecosystem — to share engineering tools, collaborative courses, and research data for the future of aeronautics.

🛠 Tools for Future Aircraft Design

The Bee projects use a range of professional-grade open or academic tools for aerodynamic simulation, digital prototyping, and collaborative 3D modeling:

Onshape: cloud-based CAD for real-time 3D collaboration and modular aircraft design.
SimScale: online simulation platform for aerodynamics (CFD), structures, and thermal analysis.
QGIS & BlenderGIS: geographic data integration and environmental modeling for airport or mission planning.
CesiumJS: web-based 3D visualization of aircraft trajectories and simulation data.
Node.js & Next.js: frameworks for interactive dashboards, data visualization, and project web portals.

These tools are integrated within the Collaborative Bee Wiki
to ensure reproducibility and interoperability between universities and research partners.

🎓 Future Aircraft Design Course

The Future Aircraft Design Course is an interdisciplinary academic program developed by partner universities of the Bee consortium.
It introduces students to modern aircraft architecture, sustainability metrics, and digital engineering workflows aligned with open-source principles.

Aircraft configuration trade studies (payload, range, materials, sustainability).
Introduction to modular aircraft concepts (Bee + Basket systems).
Digital twins and open collaborative design environments.
Integration of hybrid propulsion and electric flight systems.
TRL-based research methods and documentation under the Lesser Open Bee License 1.3.

Course materials and assignments are available for academic use under open terms and are frequently updated by
teams from ENSTA Paris, ESTACA, INSA Toulouse, ECL, and Cy-Tech.

🤖 The Future of Aeronautics: Next-Gen Aircraft Concepts and Artificial Intelligence

The Bee ecosystem explores the frontier of AI and data-driven innovation in aeronautics.
Collaborative studies connect traditional aerodynamics with machine learning and automation:

AI in Aerodynamic Optimization: neural networks trained to predict flow behavior or optimize airfoil shapes.
Predictive Maintenance: machine learning models to forecast structural fatigue or system degradation.
Flight Route Optimization: intelligent routing and collision avoidance via the GPS 4D™ project.
Autonomous Control: adaptive autopilot algorithms tested in the Mini-Bee hybrid VTOL demonstrator.

These AI-driven approaches are shared as open academic publications and serve as foundations for
sustainable, intelligent aircraft systems.

🏫 Aeronautical Universities and Partners

The Collaborative Bee Network connects academic institutions and labs working together under the same open license.
Each contributes expertise in its field, building a shared body of open-source aerospace knowledge.

ESTACA Bordeaux: structural and mechanical design, system integration.
ENSTA Paris: system modeling, data science, and carbon footprint analysis.
INSA Toulouse: aerodynamics and simulation optimization.
Ecole Centrale de Lyon (ECL): structure, crashworthiness, and composite materials.
Cy-Tech: AI modeling, algorithm development, and software integration.

Each university’s work is shared on the Collaborative Bee Wiki with proper license citation and metadata for reusability.

🔬 Collaborative R&D in Aeronautics

All Bee-licensed projects follow the Collaborative Research & Development (R&D) model defined by the
Lesser Open Bee License 1.3.
This approach combines academic openness with industrial rigor, allowing partners to co-develop, test, and validate new aircraft concepts transparently.

Shared Knowledge: each deliverable (CAD, report, dataset) remains traceable and openly accessible.
TRL Management: teams document progress from concept (TRL 1) to prototype (TRL 3).
Ethical Innovation: research under fair attribution, open publication, and sustainable impact.
BeeCoin™ Integration: collaborative value tracking and royalty management for contributors.

Collaborative R&D in aeronautics — Collaborative open R&D in aeronautics – linking universities and industries under the Lesser Open Bee License 1.3.

📚 Access and Licensing

All resources listed in this section are distributed under the Lesser Open Bee License 1.3 or compatible open licenses (Creative Commons BY-SA or GNU LGPL).
When using or redistributing materials, please include the following attribution:

“Educational resource published under the Lesser Open Bee License 1.3 – © Coordinator Technoplane SAS.”

For access to shared documents, wikis, or training materials, visit: