Airbus Bird of Prey unveiled
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Airbus Bird of Prey unveiled
Am here at annual RIAT at RAF Fairford, so was lucky to be invited to the unveiling ceremony in presence of HMG , SecState and Airbus officials of the Airbus Bird Of Prey futuristic airline concept just now.
So here are my photos
Cheers
So here are my photos
Cheers
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Futuristic airline concept or not, I'm not sure that I would be all that enthusiastic about boarding an airplane called "Bird of Prey". Now if it was supposed to be some sort of military aircraft designed to wreak havoc upon the enemy, then "Bird of Prey" fits the name and the mission.
Just my opinion.
Cheers,
Grog
Just my opinion.
Cheers,
Grog
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Do the wing's outer parts slide out from below of the main assembly? A proper Bird of Prey should be dark green anyway.
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It’s a concept FFS. It’s there to give ideas for engineers of the future about how they can mimic the masters of flight. Luddites scoffed at concept cars of 20 years ago which are now being mass produced in part. Hybrids, fully electric are now common place. So don’t scoff and mock like the Luddite of not so long ago
It’s a concept FFS. It’s there to give ideas for engineers of the future about how they can mimic the masters of flight. Luddites scoffed at concept cars of 20 years ago which are now being mass produced in part. Hybrids, fully electric are now common place. So don’t scoff and mock like the Luddite of not so long ago
Even the masters of flight have good surface area in that department.
It looks like some comic or movie style pure fantasy design to attract young engineer talent to pick aviation studies instead of going to the world's Googles and such. The more spectacular it looks the more blogs might want to report about it. However big props might in fact be a way to go again.
PS: I love that Vickers Wellington style geodetic structure.
PS: I love that Vickers Wellington style geodetic structure.
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Yes and I can imagine the professor of the aero engineering school saying that something like, Watch how the Osprey ( name your raptor type) tail feathers work and come up with a design that mimics part of that with a horizontal/vertical rudder, stabiliser” Someone might come up with a simple (“why didn’t we think of that”) idea that can be developed into a workable design
as I said, it’s a concept, build upon it
as I said, it’s a concept, build upon it
Airbus have a program where wild ideas are tossed around and some are put forward to the concept stage and maybe bits of them go beyond. Some will get through and some won't. I've been lucky enough to have beers with a couple of these guys and there are some truly awesome ideas out there that they are working on, and they'd just be the ones they're allowed to talk about!
If it wasn't for thinking outside the box and pushing ideas, we would still be with horse and cart. If that.
If it wasn't for thinking outside the box and pushing ideas, we would still be with horse and cart. If that.
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Ahhh geodetics in the windows, Barnes Wallace would be proud, peel of the skin and you have a Wellington underneath
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Anybody. Who has seen a magpie at change of plumage especially tail feathers knows that a tail is not really necessary for flying. Though it looks like the tail helps.
Flying wings manage without tails but with some additional stearing arrangements.
Flying wings manage without tails but with some additional stearing arrangements.