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Stunning V-shaped plane takes flight for first time in boost to future of air-travel
Daily Star UK ^
| 22:14, 5 SEP 2020
| Tom Bull
Posted on 09/05/2020 5:55:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The fuel efficient airplane is hoped to be a solution for the future of airplanes.
Passengers could one travel in the wings of Flying V planes, which is designed with the cabin, cargo holds and fuel tanks placed along two Vs.
Experts tested a 22.5kg and a 3-metre scale model of the futuristic plane, developed by researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
The successful flight will be a major boost for the hotel anticipated aircraft as it move into the next development stages.
Dutch airline KLM agreed to fund development of the V-shaped aircraft, which could be the norm one day.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: aviation; flyingv; klm
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posted on
09/05/2020 5:55:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Maybe more fuel efficient and thats great
But i see a lot of downsides, namely a much bigger footprint and target posibly a lot more places for airframe fatigue
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posted on
09/05/2020 5:58:11 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Passengers could one travel in the wings...
Doesn't anybody proofread anymore?
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posted on
09/05/2020 5:58:49 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
To: BenLurkin
I’ve seen this concept before and it looks good.
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posted on
09/05/2020 5:59:01 PM PDT
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like it was made by a kid on a PC.
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posted on
09/05/2020 5:59:15 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: BenLurkin; Army Air Corps; SkyDancer
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:00:45 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:04:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Secret Agent Man
At at speed they were a bitch to control. If it weren’ for Fly by technology the stealth V’s would be near impossible to control.
To: Doc91678
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:07:54 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a flying wing form wwll? What is the “V” shape?
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:08:31 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: BenLurkin
“Experts tested a 22.5kg and a 3-metre scale model...”
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Made me think of: “Flight Of The Phoenix”
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:08:53 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Vermont Lt
Good point
In the article it said the model flyers had to adjut the center of gravity on these things while in flight to get them to handle better
So they knew theyd ha e to be tweaking stuff and find where these models centers of gravity needed to be to fly the safest way possible
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:09:19 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Boeing has explored a similar concept and may still be doing so. At least two major problems are evacuation times and airport design of ramps and jetways.
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:09:49 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: Veggie Todd
The successful flight will be a major boost for the hotel anticipated aircraft as it move into the next development stages. Doesn't anybody proofread anymore?
The worst I have seen in some time.
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:10:31 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirs)
To: BenLurkin
What does “hotel anticipated aircraft” mean?
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:11:43 PM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
To: BenLurkin
Best to book a center line seat if you’re susceptible to motion sickness...
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:12:26 PM PDT
by
elteemike
(Light is faster than sound; that's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: SES1066
Instead of worrying about making a green passenger jet they should work on cost effective super sonic one. It would be nice to get to across the pond in four hours.
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:14:04 PM PDT
by
iamgalt
To: elteemike
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:14:19 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I gotta be able to see out the window, get there cheap, and a want a sky waitress in a miniskirt ... everything else is bullshit
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:21:02 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: DesertRhino
All you need is a time machine....
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posted on
09/05/2020 6:24:38 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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