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Their secret sauce, at least according to marketing was composite materials and high bypass turbofans, which combined could make a drastically more efficient pl
by sofixa 4y ago
Their secret sauce, at least according to marketing was composite materials and high bypass turbofans, which combined could make a drastically more efficient plane than the Concorde.
- avn2109 4y agoI know nothing about Boom, but the "high bypass supersonic" thing raises the obvious question, how do they avoid the drag from the large (by definition) cross sectional area of the high-bypass fan?
- bbojan 4y agoI'm not privy to what Boom is doing, but variable intake geometry easily takes care of this.
- snovv_crash 4y agoYou still have the massive frontal area though
- MichaelCollins 4y agoThey actually wanted medium-bypass engines. Low-bypass relative to modern airliner engines, but high-bypass relative to supersonic military turbofans.
- aunty_helen 4y agoHigh bypass turbofans are the "engine" part we're talking about no body wanting to make for them. How saucy is an engine that doesn't exist? And composite materials like on the A350 and 787 have been around, see the A350 and 787.
- sofixa 4y ago> High bypass turbofans are the "engine" part we're talking about no body wanting to make for them. How saucy is an engine that doesn't exist? The plane doesn't exist either, it was a plan. > And composite materials like on the A350 and 787 have been around, see the A350 and 787 Their point of comparison is the Concorde. If they can make a plane that is significantly cheaper than the Concorde, thanks to the great tech that is now mainstream (composites, turbofans, CAD) but wasn't back then, it can be similar in cost to modern day business class, while still being supersonic. At least that was their marketing pitch, i don't see it taking off without an engine.