Re: Civil aircraft designs are boring?...Think different

[elmayerle]

[quote author=pometablava]Extreme commercial designs: people won't to fly on it, but they exist on the drawing board. Let's show it!
(Collani designs are very wellcome...and would be great to learn how it is supposed they can fly. Any engineer wants to give help?
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If someone can access issues of "Aeronautics and Astronautics" from the "pre - oil crunch" early 70s, as well as AW&ST from the same time period, studies of high-speed (near-sonic, Mach=.95) transports were quite the thing and are most distinctive looking.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

a new straight wing shape for airliner aircraft.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

anther C-wing aircraft.
http://x-jets.com/c_jet.html

 

[Simon666]

Some hybrid blended wing/

http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/NACRE/details.html

If someone has more info on this kind of design, I'd be happy to know.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0240.shtml

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/07/16/225693/farnborough-2008-reshaping-the-future.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/stratos_doubledeck_aeroplane_may_be_the_future_of_aviation.html

 

[fightingirish]

Two articles at Aviationweek about Airliners in 2030.
Airliners in 2030: Supersonic Dreams
Airliners in 2030: Subsonic Challenges
Please notice the links to the manufacture presentations (PDF-files).

 

[Jemiba]

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