20 Jun

Time for a Radical Change

Author: mgiles  |  Category: Airlines, Economy, Environment, Human Factors, Human interest, New Tec, Opinion, Speculation

Blended body concept

Blended body concept

Some years ago (maybe 30) I read in Flight that the time was coming when a latest generation Combat aircraft was going to take the entire GDP of a small nation. At the time I took it seriously and though it a bit of an exaggeration but as time has worn on it seems they were joking at the time using delightful British irony but that they had unwittingly hit the nail on the head. That day is here with the F22 that the US wont sell to any one because it cost them so dear and mega Airliners taking many Billions to create and 100s of millions to buy.
Blended body plan

Blended body plan


As the financial crisis looms and doomsayers prattle away I wonder whether now is the time for a paradigm shift. Skip the A380 and A350 and B787 etc and go for a highly standardized no frills blended body well and truly subsonic alternatively powered (fuel cells and props?) solutions that will halve the cost per kg per kilometer (Note I use metric as I am talking of the future)
Anyone with the courage to do it should (?!) clean up.

2 Responses to “Time for a Radical Change”

  1. G Smith Says:
    June 20th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    Sometimes sitting on your hands can cost dearly as what you understand as advanced technologies in aviation can easily become old hat. If the American military mind set think the F22 raptor isn’t sellable as it’s the best in the world, then they should ask themselves is stealth black US aircraft better than the R’s new joint mysterious part blue all in one arched blended body M craft in daylight and night time. The US Nava spent a fortune on vertical lift aircraft that kicks up more dust than a helicopter where the new M doesn’t and can lift a tank and unmanned and invisible from space and ground it’s like a Kameleon hard to catch and see and packs a powerful killing blow. So the billions spent on the F22 and other aircraft that are similar like the duff Euro fighter and pulse force unmanned crafts could be seen as worthless. You may not believe this but if you see a ripple of distorted blue almost in space then that’s the M. Hopefully those that sit underground and develop white light technology will understand this and that if it can’t fly in space then it’s droppable?

  2. Billal Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    I think that we need more feul affishant aircraft

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