Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
Let me start this post by reiterating that I sincerely hope to be proven wrong and that I’ll gladly fly the machine if it ever enters service.
I see that Aeralis’ latest press release shows an image of a completely different aircraft. Aside from the fact that I still don’t believe they will gain anything like the market share they claim and that it is a fundamentally flawed concept, it does worry me a little that after several years of ‘work’ they have now radically changed their mind on how the aircraft will look.
BV
I suppose one can see design elements of various existing aircraft in both images. Maybe the advantages/disadvantages of each are so finely drawn that a change in one area causes other areas to roll over to an alternative. Your reservations are well put, but like you I wish them well. What, if anything, emerges remains to be seen.