Boeing Transonic Truss Braced Wing Concept

[chopper2004]

These ultra-thin folding wings measure more than half the length of a football field! Our new Transonic Truss-Braced Wing concept is revealed at #aiaaSciTech today. #TheFutureIsBuiltHere Read more: Boeing: Spreading our wings: Boeing unveils new Transonic Truss-Braced Wing

[Alpine Flyer]

Looks like a mix between an Avro, a 737 and a 172. So Mr. Cessna was right all the time....
Needs a bit more ice protection equipment.

[Peter G-W]

“Over half the length of a football pitch”: how many double decker buses is that?

[RHSandLovingIt]

Originally Posted by Peter G-W

“Over half the length of a football pitch”: how many double decker buses is that?

I'd usually use this: https://www.theregister.co.uk/Design...converter.html

However, "football pitch" is apparently an area measurement... not a unit of length. Thankfully, the article says 170 feet... which is: 5.6208 Double-decker buses...


You're welcome.

[Flap40]

Tail from a 146. Fuselage and undercarriage from an ATR72 and a stretched strutted wing from a Shorts 360.

[alfaman]

Originally Posted by Peter G-W

“Over half the length of a football pitch”: how many double decker buses is that?

0.55 Olympic size swimming pools, I think

[B Fraser]

The Boeing Biplane !!!!

The really ought to stick the tailplane on the front and turn it into a biplane canard. Orville and Wilbur would have approved.

[Tango and Cash]

Presumably these are truss-braced FOLDING wings to fit into existing gates.

[sablatnic]

Originally Posted by Flap40

Tail from a 146. Fuselage and undercarriage from an ATR72 and a stretched strutted wing from a Shorts 360.

A bit of Bellanca Cruisemaster too, and Maurice Hurel's narrow wing.

[rjtjrt]

Originally Posted by alfaman

0.55 Olympic size swimming pools, I think

Here it would be 0.8 Sydney Harbours.

[Pilot DAR]

measure more than half the length of a football field!

Is different from:

“Over half the length of a football pitch”

I think that the "pitch" is European, (and perhaps metric?), where the "field" is American (funny shaped ball & amoured players), and I presume imperial. I'll try to find the conversion to cubits to help everyone out

[tartare]

Looks frickin' awful.
So will it fly frickin' awful?

[Mechta]

How is the strut/wing interface going to be anything but draggy?

[WillFlyForCheese]

Boeing has been studying this concept for some time now, with some research aided by NASA. The belief is that the truss wing will further reduce fuel consumption . . .

https://www.nasa.gov/aero/boeing_sugar_wind_tunnel.html

[WillFlyForCheese]

And . . . if you really want to read about the aerodynamic advantages of truss-winged aircraft - here you go.

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...-Wing_Aircraft

[Cows getting bigger]

One presumes it will come with a set of step ladders for the engineers?

[blue up]

Twin engines, strut braced, long range...there's nothing new in Aviation.

[KiloB]

Transonic?

I’m struggling with the bit where an operating range of 0.7 to 0.8 is described as “Transonic”?

[Less Hair]

So they want to fly their green jet a tad faster now?

[nimbusgb]

Originally Posted by Peter G-W

“Over half the length of a football pitch”: how many double decker buses is that?

A little narrower than Wales