To: A. Pole
Looks like ConcordExcept for the engines, wings, tail, fuselage and canards.
18 posted on
02/17/2007 8:41:32 PM PST by
PAR35
To: PAR35
Actually the fuselage, vertical stabilizer and nose are similar to the SST. It's interesting too that the nosewheel is located so far back, again similar to the SST. I have no idea how far along this design concept is, but the SST had a very sophisticated fuel management regime to shift the CG fore and aft depending on the phase of flight it was in. I kind of wonder if this one has to jump through the same hoops, or if they've broken new ground in supersonic flight.
27 posted on
02/17/2007 8:54:53 PM PST by
kylaka
To: PAR35
He meant optimized for supersonic cruise I think :)
One thing Boeing does better than anyone else, optimization of all the conflicting/competing variables to make a vehicle like they do.
You can go all the way back to the B-17, and see that in play.
33 posted on
02/17/2007 9:02:56 PM PST by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
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