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[greboat]

If you were to be able to design a aircraft what would it be like? You can include more options than the poll like range, type of material, fly-by-wire..etc. Also what would it be called and for which manufacturer or would you own your own company. What time period would you want it to be in and which customers (ex.United, Easyjet, Emirates). Leave your ideas in the comments!

[Hake.]

I would develop a 19 seat boxy turboprop for regional cargo and passenger flights as well as marine protection. A fuel efficient and cheap prop. Another plane would be a 36 seat STOL aircraft, in the market for replacing SF-340s and Dash 8-100s and -200s.

[greboat]

Good idea! I would have a true replacement for the 757. A 249 seat twin engine with a choice of next gen engines from GE and Rolls Royce. It would also include the winglets on the 737 MAX and have a range of 3,700 nmi

[american123]

How about a triple decker plane. It would probably have six engines and have like 750 seats. I know. I'm crazy.

[Syllei'Anor]

How about a triple decker plane. It would probably have six engines and have like 750 seats. I know. I'm crazy.

But how is that any different from when boeing anounced that the 747 would be partialy dubble decked, everyone thought that they were crazy, but look at it now, airbus has built an even bigger truly dubble deker plane.

[TNT88]

They should make 8 breast short-haul aircraft that accommodate around 200 people (in 1 single class)

Just like A310 but shorter.

[.Julicos.]

I would make an supersonic aircraft similar to Concorde but with much more large capacity 300 passengers aprox. and engines a bit slower than Concorde on 1.5 Mach and also much more focus on efficiency, special electronical systems that will control the fuel flow very carefully.Also use of newer and stronger alloys to incereance the operational life of the engines (Concorde's engines had very small operational life incereasing maintenance).The engine will be controled by computer systems that will make every possible to reduce sonic boom and also the design of the exaust nozzle and placement of engine will reduce it.Also they would be 4 sets of landing gears behind with big double wheels so the most airports can withstand it ,that will make the braking safier and better.

 

The design is very rudimentary i maked it on some mins.

 

Sory for my english they arent my native language.

[.Julicos.]

How about a triple decker plane. It would probably have six engines and have like 750 seats. I know. I'm crazy.

 

The future on airliners are speed and fuel efficiency.I am sure that we will not see bigger airplanes than A380.

[TheMan]

The future on airliners are speed and fuel efficiency.I am sure that we will not see bigger airplanes than A380.

I have recently been working on designing a supersonic flying hotel that would have two or three decks and would have 500Y/91C/20F. And would have different rooms in the interior. It would be 2500 mph. And would have lots of range. Tourists would get on the plane, sleepover a day and then land somewhere touristic and explore there. Shortly like a cruise.

[Syllei'Anor]

it is imposable to reduce the sonic boom, if you are passing the sound barier you will always get a build up of sound waves as you accellerate towards mack 1, the volume of this barrier is not effected by the speed of accelleration, or how much nois the plane is producing, butmainly by the airpressure around the plane, the lowwer the quieter.

[TNT88]

This plane would have problem flying over mainland Europe because of the sound restrictions, just like concorde does, the only possibility is to reduce the speed to Mach 0.98 - 0.99 before they reach the speed of sound

[Hake.]

This plane would have problem flying over mainland Europe because of the sound restrictions, just like concorde does, the only possibility is to reduce the speed to Mach 0.98 - 0.99 before they reach the speed of sound

Concorde used to fly just below speed of sound across Britain, deliberately flying around Ireland so they wouldn't break windows etc. while fly over the speed of sound. Then it flew around Canada and I forget how it landed in JFK. As you say though, only BA, AF, KLM or Iberia could realistically fly one, just to the US. Then again, it could fly Cairo - Lagos over the Sahel or something...

[TheMan]

restrictions... this is not a prevention for my project!!

[.Julicos.]

We can reduce sonic boom if we incereance altitude level that the airplane will supercruise higher than 58,000 ft of Concorde.Also we can make flights ex. England-Australia or France-China (East China) the nations that will most flight will be are undeveloped and it could pass from imalayas that are inhabited.Also if the pacific flight restrictions of Concorde can unsurped we can make USA-(China ,Australia ,Japan) flights without stops on Hawai.Also England-South Afrika are possible most african nations are undeveloped to be affected by sonic boom.Fuel efficiency is a very big concern.

[Syllei'Anor]

i think you may be slightly miss understanding what the sonic boom is, you only incouter is in the plane, and within 1km of the plane, and only when you pass throught mack 1

[TheMan]

i think you may be slightly miss understanding what the sonic boom is, you only incouter is in the plane, and within 1km of the plane, and only when you pass throught mack 1

mach not mack and who cares if windows break and people get stabbed by the glass .

[TNT88]

mach not mack and who cares if windows break and people get stabbed by the glass .

Well you would, when your plane got grounded 

[TheMan]

Well you would, when your plane got grounded 

well we can fly in space where nothing will happen to the plane.(The planes engines will not work and the passengers will die of pressure.)

[TNT88]

well we can fly in space where nothing will happen to the plane.(The planes engines will not work and the passengers will die of pressure.)

yeah i still don't understand this project though

[Stevphfeniey]

I see that none of you are engineers.