New Supersonic airliner
Discussion
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/15/r...
It will be interesting to see if this actually happens.
How man Mach 2 passenger planes are on the drawing board?
It will be interesting to see if this actually happens.
How man Mach 2 passenger planes are on the drawing board?
It reminds me of any number of Kickstarter products - someone with a great idea, loads of enthusiasm, and some really nifty renderings based on what they think it might look like. But no real design of the vehicle fuselage, engines, control systems, never mind testing, validation, evolution or shelling out the money on the hidden stuff. The fact that the rendering looks like a smaller Concorde with 2 engines says a lot. I'm not even sure a 70% scale Concorde would have space for 2 flight crew to sit side by side.
Hmm. Back in c1900 flight started out as very clever/very rich blokes tinkering in sheds. Then for the latter half of the C20 it went corporate. What with this 'mini-Concorde' and all the private space initiatives, are we seeing we seeing a return to very clever/very rich blokes in (admittedly shiny) sheds?
Is there as much need nowadays for the rapid trip across the world?
With wifi now being accessible on planes, does it not make more sense to go in luxury and able to do work and chill if required?
Use of video conferencing has surely revolutionised international companies meetings and reduced importance of face-to-face interaction?
With wifi now being accessible on planes, does it not make more sense to go in luxury and able to do work and chill if required?
Use of video conferencing has surely revolutionised international companies meetings and reduced importance of face-to-face interaction?
Of course there is sense. Despite the increase in telecomunnications, more people travel than at any time in history - and there is no sign of that diminishing.
If a sensible, economical and environmentally bearable supersonic mode of transport arrives on the scene, it will find users.
If a sensible, economical and environmentally bearable supersonic mode of transport arrives on the scene, it will find users.
Eric Mc said:
There will be no civil supersonic craft again until -
a) the economics make sense
b) the impact of the sonic boom has been attenuated
NASA has been working on the latter for decades.
Or the tree huggers stop whinging about sonic booms. Allow SSTs to go supersonic overland and the economics are a lot more attractive because there are more routes available.a) the economics make sense
b) the impact of the sonic boom has been attenuated
NASA has been working on the latter for decades.
Dr Jekyll said:
Or the tree huggers stop whinging about sonic booms. Allow SSTs to go supersonic overland and the economics are a lot more attractive because there are more routes available.
Have you been on the receiving end of a sonic boom ? The last time I was it had me grinning like a little kid but I don't think I would want it happening on a daily basis ....Narcisus said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Or the tree huggers stop whinging about sonic booms. Allow SSTs to go supersonic overland and the economics are a lot more attractive because there are more routes available.
Have you been on the receiving end of a sonic boom ? The last time I was it had me grinning like a little kid but I don't think I would want it happening on a daily basis ....That's what I said. Being subjected to multiple daily sonic booms as delivered by Concorde would not be good. Nothing to do with tree hugging.
I get as much of a kick hearing a plane smashing through the sound barrier as the next plane geek - but only as a rare treat. I wouldn't like to put up with it every day.
I have said many times here on PH that a civil supersonic aircraft will return to the skies at some time in the future. However, I have always thought it would be as an executive jet and not as an airliner.
I get as much of a kick hearing a plane smashing through the sound barrier as the next plane geek - but only as a rare treat. I wouldn't like to put up with it every day.
I have said many times here on PH that a civil supersonic aircraft will return to the skies at some time in the future. However, I have always thought it would be as an executive jet and not as an airliner.
I saw a version of this story a few days ago with a picture of the prototype. Now there are two/three different versions of the prototype. Just one thing gets me: to me a prototype is a working version of what ever it is. Its not ready for production/sale, but it basically should mostly work. They've actually just got some CAD renderings (at best) or really just pretty pictures as far as I've seen so far. Though i suppose theres a few more hours of Tuesday for them to wheel out a prototype to go in America. If it just sits there and can be touched (but not do anything) it'll just be a mock up.
Wont happen,
Only place it can go supersonic is over large oceans due to the sound, that's what stopped concorde from revolutionising how we travel the world, it wasn't allowed to do an LA-NY route or any routes across Europe, it limited it market and scope, if they could deal with the sound problem then sure. But supersonic has very limited appeal for commercial flights.
Only place it can go supersonic is over large oceans due to the sound, that's what stopped concorde from revolutionising how we travel the world, it wasn't allowed to do an LA-NY route or any routes across Europe, it limited it market and scope, if they could deal with the sound problem then sure. But supersonic has very limited appeal for commercial flights.
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