Airbus -'Son of Concorde' Patents Filed

Airbus -'Son of Concorde' Patents Filed

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anonymous-user

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55 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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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?

anonymous-user

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Wednesday 5th August 2015
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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.

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.

anonymous-user

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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?