20% fuel save vs A350!
Now that is worth a shot!
I figure if we can have a leap of this magnitude long haul can eventually be acceptable with regards to the environment,so why not.
DAR
I think that if we get this one flying ice is not a big problem to solve.
Having logged a few 1000 hrs in turboprops fighting ice, only the Beech 100 was ever a problem as it never got over FL200 on the average 180 nm trips we flew.
The B200 and the Do 328TP just punched above it , and in the B 737 for 10 000 hrs plus I never had any issues.
DAR , lets embrace the Young and the idea. And if You have 150 Billion laying around mail it to TU Delft, NL.
The Futures so Bright we got to wear Shads!
Rayban On
Regards
cpt B