V shaped plane
Jun 3, 2019 | 12:22 pm
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V shaped plane
My first thought was why should they do this. TU Delft is involved.Enough said.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ntl/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ntl/index.html
Jun 8, 2019 | 10:07 am
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Idea has been floated many times before. Always two problems:
How to evacuate in an emergency.
Some passengers seated by the outer part of the wing are likely to get sick when the plane banks for a turn
How to evacuate in an emergency.
Some passengers seated by the outer part of the wing are likely to get sick when the plane banks for a turn
Jun 8, 2019 | 11:15 am
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Jun 8, 2019 | 2:28 pm
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Jun 8, 2019 | 2:32 pm
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My first thought was why should they do this. TU Delft is involved.Enough said.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ntl/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ntl/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_wing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flying_wings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jun 8, 2019 at 2:38 pm
Jun 9, 2019 | 7:56 pm
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This is not (that much of) a problem for a V-Shaped plane in this concept, since they can also exit into inner side in this concept
Also one problem is that the plane will be more shaky (wings can't flex as much to absorb shocks) and we can continue ...
Maybe one day they'll do a cargo BWB for military and then we'll see civilian freight version of it. But not with pax.
Jun 10, 2019 | 8:29 pm
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When has a TU Delft concept ever resulted in an actual commercial product? Still waiting to see that solar car on the road everywhere.
Jun 11, 2019 | 10:22 am
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I know, apart from that, what have the Romans ever done for us?
