Off Topic...The future of airline travel? "The Flying V"

G'day all..looks like exciting times ahead for the lucky ones travelling overseas,if this concept gets off the ground

www.tudelft.nl/en/ae/flying-v/

spoofy looking plane not for me though I like terrafirma a lot less terra and a lot firma hehe but to those who fly should be a good thing

Looks as aerodynamic as a brick. Wonder how it would go on just one engine??......Straight down probably.
They will be able to kill twice as many people in a crash

Fancy looking no doubt, but not fast enough. Since we're still a little far from harnessing/controlling the use of electromagnetic force, as a means of propulsion through air or space travel, I'll settle for the next best thing in way of flight "Hypersonics".

Cheers Kon.

Kon61gold wrote:Fancy looking no doubt, but not fast enough. Since we're still a little far from harnessing/controlling the use of electromagnetic force, as a means of propulsion through air or space travel, I'll settle for the next best thing in way of flight "Hypersonics".

Cheers Kon.

You're right about the speed factor Kon..I will always wonder how things would've progressed had Concorde not come to a tragic end

KLM are actually interested in this new design,so will be interesting to see if something develops,or just ends up in the bin under the drawing board

Sharkbait wrote:

Kon61gold wrote:Fancy looking no doubt, but not fast enough. Since we're still a little far from harnessing/controlling the use of electromagnetic force, as a means of propulsion through air or space travel, I'll settle for the next best thing in way of flight "Hypersonics".

Cheers Kon.

You're right about the speed factor Kon..I will always wonder how things would've progressed had Concorde not come to a tragic end

KLM are actually interested in this new design,so will be interesting to see if something develops,or just ends up in the bin under the drawing board

Concord was a bloody marvel and I was fortunate enough to get a look inside one.

Yes it had some probs but they were far from unsolvable.

Human kind being as inventive as all get out won't stop at "V" cos there are 25 other letters in the alphabet.. dundiggin