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To: Bayard

Get rid of the ‘flying cigar tube’ design.............


8 posted on 09/30/2025 6:16:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

The cigar tube design has a lot of advantages over other designs in terms of stresses due pressurizing the cabin, and also egress during an emergency.


9 posted on 09/30/2025 6:21:29 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Red Badger

I don’t know why they continue to include passenger windows when a camera/monitor configuration is feasible.


15 posted on 09/30/2025 6:46:42 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Red Badger

“Get rid of the ‘flying cigar tube’ design”

That’s a bit like saying “get rid of the three box design for a sedan”. Some shapes occur for the reason of practicality.

The only viable options aside from the “cigar tube” is the “flat cigar tube” (aka “blended wing”) where the body acts somewhat like a wing and some sort of true flying wing or V wing.

They do exist, e.g., Natilus Horizon actually flies and the TU Delft (a V wing) is being built.


24 posted on 09/30/2025 7:55:18 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Red Badger

They should go with the flying donut shape!


32 posted on 09/30/2025 12:48:45 PM PDT by CodeToad
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