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These kinds of aircraft are built for special missions. This is not the first of it's kind. It reminds me of Super Guppy [1]. They are not very efficient aerody
by namirez 7y ago
These kinds of aircraft are built for special missions. This is not the first of it's kind. It reminds me of Super Guppy [1]. They are not very efficient aerodynamically due to the large frontal area. In addition, these are designed to carry oversized but not necessarily heavy loads; for example, the fuselage of another aircraft. So there is no point in mass producing them.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy
- masklinn 7y ago> This is not the first of it's kind. It reminds me of Super Guppy [1]. The predecessor to the Beluga XL was the Beluga (in the early 90s), and before that Airbus used Super Guppies. They bought two, then bought the right to build them and built two more.