Designers Unveil 4,000mph Passenger Jet
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From: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
It runs on a liquid hydrogen Scimitar engine being developed by Reaction Engines that is based on existing technology.
Whatever happened to HOTOL, this'll go the same way.
Yawn.
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Looks like the "real world" is starting to catch up with thunderbirds! I remember seeing one episode featuring a new airliner that looked a lot like that sketch.
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An interesting design. Would be exciting if it was to be developed. I wonder how problems of aerodynamic overheating would be tacked though... fascinating.
No chance of that though, since Eco-Crusaders/Eco-Governments would no doubt torpedo the design. I can hear them choking on their sustainably-grown soya beans and lentils already.
No chance of that though, since Eco-Crusaders/Eco-Governments would no doubt torpedo the design. I can hear them choking on their sustainably-grown soya beans and lentils already.
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143 metres
143 metres???
What are they doing with 143 metres? Even Beriev-Be-2500 finds 122 metres or so quite enough!
I can understand why Concorde likes to have a slender fuselage and long nosecone. The result is that Concorde is about 62 m long and has 25 seat rows at 4 abreast. She is considerably longer than E-190 (which has a similar passenger cabin) and matches the length of MD-11 (which accommodates 410 seats).
Now, L-2000 and Boeing 2707 target near 300 seats. L-2000 specifies 5 seats abreast, and is actually a couple of cm narrower than DC-9. 60 rows of 5 abreast would take up more space than the 172 seats of MD-80. L-2000 is supposed to be 85 m or so.
Various B-2705, Boeing HSCT, MD HSCT, Airbus AST and JAXA NEXST projects talk of 300 seats, too - and they think they need 90...104 metres. It would cause some problems with fuselage bending strength and tailstrike clearance, plus a nuisance at taxiways and gates...
But 143 metres? Where does it go? With 300 passengers?
If an airport can handle 150 m long planes, how many seats do you think should go on, say, an Airbus 380-1800 stretched to 141 m length?
What are they doing with 143 metres? Even Beriev-Be-2500 finds 122 metres or so quite enough!
I can understand why Concorde likes to have a slender fuselage and long nosecone. The result is that Concorde is about 62 m long and has 25 seat rows at 4 abreast. She is considerably longer than E-190 (which has a similar passenger cabin) and matches the length of MD-11 (which accommodates 410 seats).
Now, L-2000 and Boeing 2707 target near 300 seats. L-2000 specifies 5 seats abreast, and is actually a couple of cm narrower than DC-9. 60 rows of 5 abreast would take up more space than the 172 seats of MD-80. L-2000 is supposed to be 85 m or so.
Various B-2705, Boeing HSCT, MD HSCT, Airbus AST and JAXA NEXST projects talk of 300 seats, too - and they think they need 90...104 metres. It would cause some problems with fuselage bending strength and tailstrike clearance, plus a nuisance at taxiways and gates...
But 143 metres? Where does it go? With 300 passengers?
If an airport can handle 150 m long planes, how many seats do you think should go on, say, an Airbus 380-1800 stretched to 141 m length?
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They forgot the windows?!
Try to taxi a plane 143 m long with no cockpit windows... Also, what do you think will the pitch angle be on touchdown?
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Material Science and Windows
Who's to say, they are there but you can't see them.
The pilots see out, but not the other way, may be quite useful for heating effects ...
Suppose the land of science fiction ...
The pilots see out, but not the other way, may be quite useful for heating effects ...
Suppose the land of science fiction ...
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18 times speed of LIGHT !? I must have been sleeping lately, they've managed to break the laws of physics, again!!?
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Seeing as the thread is drifting....
As a young motion picture technician I was the actual pilot of the Fireflash
on the original TV series.
On Slough Trading Estate just behind the power station and Mars Bars factory!
Ah! The romance of movie making!
As a young motion picture technician I was the actual pilot of the Fireflash
on the original TV series.
On Slough Trading Estate just behind the power station and Mars Bars factory!
Ah! The romance of movie making!
