Airbus -'Son of Concorde' Patents Filed
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http://news.sky.com/story/1530374/son-of-concorde-...
Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
had ham said:
http://news.sky.com/story/1530374/son-of-concorde-...
Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
20 jolly rich people.Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
The layout of the article is slightly unfortunate, witness:
'The aircraft would re-enter normal air space as it approached its destination before landing'
had ham said:
http://news.sky.com/story/1530374/son-of-concorde-...
Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
We have an ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jets) division that kits out and customises private / corporate / government jets; low volume but high margin although of course the actual A/C is the same as the standard px version.Not sure how that could ever be commercially viable, with a claimed capacity of 20 px?
Maybe it is not so much about the commercial viability but the development of the technology, you can technically build 5 (maybe 6) aircraft without subjecting them to full CAA / FAA etc approval ratings as they are classed as prototypes.
Trexthedinosaur said:
We have an ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jets) division that kits out and customises private / corporate / government jets; low volume but high margin although of course the actual A/C is the same as the standard px version.
Maybe it is not so much about the commercial viability but the development of the technology, you can technically build 5 (maybe 6) aircraft without subjecting them to full CAA / FAA etc approval ratings as they are classed as prototypes.
Indeed, I'm aware of ACJ - but surely the R&D costs here would be huge - and 5/6 airframes couldn't justify that, and nor, I suspect, could the technology insights gained?Maybe it is not so much about the commercial viability but the development of the technology, you can technically build 5 (maybe 6) aircraft without subjecting them to full CAA / FAA etc approval ratings as they are classed as prototypes.
dr_gn said:
It was 'filed' years ago by EADS (which doesn't exist anymore), it's only recently been granted, so it's hardly a new concept.
All the diagrams on the patent document were clearly generated by CAD.
Based on a model made with a Fairy liquid bottle, 6 lolly sticks, glue and an A4 sized piece of card.All the diagrams on the patent document were clearly generated by CAD.
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