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2006-11-07 Science & Technology

Silent jet making noise in aviation circles

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-11-07 08:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This guy should hear my washer at the 1200 rpm spin cycle.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-11-07 09:27|| 2006-11-07 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 It sounds like a winner to me, customer objections to the new appearance aside. Does it fit into the standard box that the current bodies do... one of the issues with that failed Airbus design being that it was too big for current airport design?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-07 09:33|| 2006-11-07 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 And what exactly is a passenger-mile ratio? I assume it means passenger-mile/gallon of fuel?

Posted by BA 2006-11-07 10:16|| 2006-11-07 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Wat deee hell? The picture at the linked site shows a version of Boeing's Blended Wing Body design concept. This sucker was touted about by Northrop Grumman nearly 2 decades ago and was subsummed by Boeing later, right now they got a concept version being tested at Dryden for wind tests. Also I can tell you the biggest problem of why it isn't flying yet as a passenger aircraft, it has to do with tilting, you really don't want to be at one of this craft's body looking down say 4-6 aisles at the other end even during a mild banking turn. Nausea probably wont even begin to describe how bad it would get.

Posted by Valentine 2006-11-07 13:54|| 2006-11-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Can you say "Vomit Comet", sure you can! This is a nightmare for airline commuters : correcting banks will be like a ride on a roller coaster in the amusment parks. And god help you if you have a drink or a meal in hand when the plane has to do a corrective manuever - one side of the plane has stuff flying up, the other side has stuff slamming down.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-07 15:23|| 2006-11-07 15:23|| Front Page Top

#6 It's an E-Ticket, baby!

Posted by .com 2006-11-07 15:24|| 2006-11-07 15:24|| Front Page Top

#7 By the time one of these birds rolls out the carriers will no longer be serving food or drink of any kind, so in-flight migration of airline comestibles should not be a problem. Otherwise, I predict NASA-style retort pouches. It's not like texture or flavor could possibly suffer any more if you pureed the crap.

Seating of 35-50 people abreast sure could create some nasty vertigo perceptions for those at the upper end of things during banking maneuvers. The flight crew will prbably have to carry dramamine dart guns to nail hurl-prone passengers.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-07 17:30|| 2006-11-07 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Why not just put walls or screens in the plane along the fore/aft axis in such a fashion that the seats are divvied up into seversl short rows 2-4 seats across like current aircraft? Would this prevent the perception of tilt?

I'm not joking, I really am curious.

Posted by no mo uro 2006-11-07 19:01|| 2006-11-07 19:01|| Front Page Top

#9 It would seem to be an excellent idea, save that evacuation routes would be constricted and the ability to debark all 600-800 people from the plane in just a few minutes could be compromised severely. I'm sure that is probably why the concept of limiting sight lines hasn't already been employed.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-07 22:10|| 2006-11-07 22:10|| Front Page Top

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