Dutch KLM is going to use a new airplane that carries passengers in its wings.
The Flying-V is a design for a highly energy-efficient long-distance airplane
The aircraft’s design integrates the passenger cabin, the cargo hold and the fuel tanks in the wings, creating a spectacular v-shape. Its improved aerodynamic shape and reduced weight will mean it uses 20% less fuel than the Airbus A350, today’s most advanced aircraft.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Present aircraft designs are inherently stable. Something has to go horribly wrong for you to fall out of the sky. Flying wings are not. It takes extraordinary measures to keep them flying. The problems with the 737 max are caused by software. Standard airframe designs want to fly even under adverse conditions. I'll never fly in a wing.
rogueflyer
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June 3, 2019
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Looks like it has a couple of very large tails. Maybe those will give it stability.
@WilliamFleming Ahh no. At slow speeds and high angle of attack a wing has high pressure under the wing and low pressure on the top. The air underneath wants to go around the end of the wing to the top and causes the vortex you sometimes see. This causes loss of efficiency and instability. Vortex generators help keep this from happening.
Yea sure. I'll believe it when I see it.
So if this comes to pass it will be another way to separate passengers. Maybe they will put 1st class an business on one side and the cattle class on the other.
JackPedigo
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June 3, 2019
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Reminds me of the old British Vulcan bombers. They had a few in Omaha in the late 70's.
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