Originally Posted by
washoutt
Aerodynamically, it will work, there have been more flying wing designs, that operated well enough (for their mission), and modern technology will certainly help in new areas. The problem with non-fuselage aircraft is the survivable crash landing and the 90 seconds certification rule for evacuation. In that case, the wing leading edge may become distorted and the doors may not open. So other means of evacuation exits must be conceived. Jettisonable trailing edges?
Looking at other photos of it, it is more of a two-fuselage aircraft than a non-fuselage, so this may not be as much of a problem as it at first seems, departure from the "trailing edge" looks entirely possible. There are two large engines in the vicinity, but then we manage that with existing overwing exits. Crash survivabilty may still be an issue - I think a V would tend to stop a lot harder than single conventional fuselage. Be interesting to know where those engines are going to go in a hard stop too, engine cores tend to go through pretty much anything that's in the way, and it looks awfully like the fuselages may be in the way...