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Does the math work out if you ditch the "supersonic" part? Supersonic is pretty niche anyway, since you can't do it anywhere near populated areas; but substanti
by PhasmaFelis 10y ago
Does the math work out if you ditch the "supersonic" part? Supersonic is pretty niche anyway, since you can't do it anywhere near populated areas; but substantially reducing per-passenger costs for subsonic planes could change a lot.
- lodi 10y agoI think the math doesn't work out with subsonic since those huge delta wings are only efficient for supersonic flight. For subsonic a conventional swept wing (like on a 747) is much more efficient.