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Color me skeptical that an idea that has existed for over half a century still isn't feasible. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/65124/how-is-a-flyi
by zymhan 7y ago
Color me skeptical that an idea that has existed for over half a century still isn't feasible.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/65124/how-is-a-flying-v-more-efficient-than-current-fuselage-over-wing-designs https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/65124/how-is-a-...
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/12782/why-are-there-no-blended-wing-passenger-airplanes-in-operation https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/12782/why-are-t...
A little more skepticism:
> Sadly for the Flying-V, it will probably fail like the blended wing body designs we've seen down the years. It's for the same reason, too: airplanes bank as they turn. That's not much of a problem in a conventional airliner design, where passengers are never that far from the plane's central axis. But as you move further out from that central axis the effect becomes a lot more pronounced.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/06/radical-new-airliner-could-save-fuel-but-ride-like-a-roller-coaster/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/06/radical-new-airliner-co...
There really is nothing new about a lifting-body design.
- throw0101a 7y agoOne major problem with flying-V is that of stability. However, with fly-by-wire systems, this is helped with computer control. The A320 was the first all-digital plane in 1984, so it was unlikely anything before that could have been developed (and passed FAA/EASA standards).
- mcguire 7y ago...and at it's first public outing, the test pilot dropped it in the trees at the end of the runway. That would have likely killed a new aircraft manufacturer.
- zymhan 7y agoMeanwhile Boeing's mechanical rudder actuator in the 737 caused two verified and possibly many more crashes during passenger-carrying flights.
- jeltz 7y agoWhat about using them for cargo?