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Interesting - is an airplane something that can be reasonably done by a startup? My perception was always that it takes the major manufacturers decades to get a
by elcapitan 10y ago
Interesting - is an airplane something that can be reasonably done by a startup? My perception was always that it takes the major manufacturers decades to get a new model out into production, and that changes and improvements are very incremental from existing models. Building a new passenger airplane from scratch in startup dimensions looks like an impossible challenge at first glance.
- msh 10y agospacex was (is?) a startup, so never say never but it does sound like a big bite to chew.
- elcapitan 10y agoTrue - but I guess an airplane that flies 100 passengers every day will have much more complexity and safety regulations than a (so far) unmanned rocket.
- tim333 10y agoI think Boom are helped by computer aided design being good these days and plan to fly a 1/3 scale prototype powered by an existing jet engine in late 2017. The I guess they'd have to raise major money to go full scale. http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a23382/race-build-supersonic-airliner/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a23382/race-build-sup...
- nraynaud 10y agoI guess they'll go as far as they can go in the development and then either sell to Airbus or Boing, or try to go public.
- elcapitan 10y agoHm. I suspect that the 20/80 rule applies there and "here's our shiny new aircraft design, have fun testing and debugging it for the next 15 years" isn't a viable strategy there. There are often those "vision designs" of wonderful new planes that are developed internally by the major companies, but then never realized. I bet they can easily produce the 20% part themselves in much less time. But maybe it's an illusion and they are really ripe for disruption.
- Tepix 10y agoYou could argue that building rockets or cars is also an impossible challenge...