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I can't seem to find an answer anywhere, and perhaps someone that understands aeronautics beyond my understanding of how to make a paper airplane could make a g
by cududa 3y ago
I can't seem to find an answer anywhere, and perhaps someone that understands aeronautics beyond my understanding of how to make a paper airplane could make a guess. But, this picture of the actual prototype is drastically different from that mock-up https://gizmodo.com/quiet-supersonic-plane-x59-nasa-reveal-watch-live-booms-1851139897 https://gizmodo.com/quiet-supersonic-plane-x59-nasa-reveal-w...
It's extremely, extremely long, much longer than the concorde. Is it possible for this to scale to Concord level of passengers (100 people)? Or is this just going to be for military use/ quickly transporting VIP's and a small entourage?
- belter 3y agoDifferent planes. The X59 is about being supersonic without sonic boom, the X-65 is about having no moving control surfaces just pressure air jets. ( Even if the first prototype will have movable surfaces as backup safety).