Thursday, February 07, 2008
A New Mach 5 Concorde
To complement the Scimitar engine, Reaction Engines has proposed a suitable vehicle configuration (A2) that attains the necessary subsonic and supersonic lift/drag ratio for efficient commercial operation. The airframe is designed to have adequate control authority about all axes to handle engine-out and to achieve pitch trim over the full Mach range. In addition the airframe configuration is an efficient structural shape with circular cross section hydrogen tankage and uninterrupted carry-through wing spars. The vehicle is sized to carry 300 passengers since this is typical of future supersonic transport designs and thought to be the minimum to achieve a competitive seat/mile cost.
London - L.A. in a two hours? Or London - Johanesburg. Or London - Singapore. Sounds appealing. But, don't expect it too soon. If ever. Because new advanaced ,not yet announced homeland security measures would require minimum 4 hours at the airports. GOP congrats.
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