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It does not need to be realistic at all, but you can only change ONE stat to an aircraft. 

Here's my ideas:

E190XLR: give it an A319LR's range.
B737-900ER STOL: B757 capacity on domestic legs with an A319's takeoff distance
B757-200ER: Nuff said tbh

B777-300ER STOL: Perfect 747 family replacement?
 


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Any aircraft with 200-300 max seats: 777-200LR's range.

Needless to say, this would be horribly unrealistic but ridiculously overpowered.

If I had to choose any specific aircraft, it'd be either the A321-200/neo, or the 757 (either variant).

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I'd give the A380 a 5min turnaround time.



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I'd give the A380 a 5min turnaround time.


Yeah to further destroy this game
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A321LR but introduced in 2000
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Yeah to further destroy this game


To be fair, it does fit the criteria.

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A319XLR with 10000nmi range



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Any aircraft with 200-300 max seats: 777-200LR's range.

Needless to say, this would be horribly unrealistic but ridiculously overpowered.

If I had to choose any specific aircraft, it'd be either the A321-200/neo, or the 757 (either variant).

nah thats pretty realistic and in demand irl right now


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nah thats pretty realistic and in demand irl right now


I don't think it's realistically possible to give aircraft of this class a range of over 10,000 nmi.

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I don't think it's realistically possible to give aircraft of this class a range of over 10,000 nmi.

 

It's physically possible, just economically infeasible: stick A350's wings, empennage, and engines on an A321 fuselage. 



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You could probably sell a few hundred of these planes to airlines, which would charge a premium on looooong thin routes to cover the higher per-seat operating costs.

 

But the manufacturer who spends ~$15bn developing, certifying, and industrializing this design would never recoup their investment so it's not going to happen until/unless technology changes. I'd expect something like an A321-size airliner with 8,000nm range by 2050 or so though.

 



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duplicate

 

Given that We are the infallible rulers of the world, there must be a glitch in the forum programming. No way The Emperor makes mistakes.



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You could probably sell a few hundred of these planes to airlines, which would charge a premium on looooong thin routes to cover the higher per-seat operating costs.

 

But the manufacturer who spends ~$15bn developing, certifying, and industrializing this design would never recoup their investment so it's not going to happen until/unless technology changes. I'd expect something like an A321-size airliner with 8,000nm range by 2050 or so though.

I'm excited to see a direct nonstop Binghamton to Santorini


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I'm excited to see a direct nonstop Binghamton to Santorini

 

Coming in 2150. Unfortunately 95% of Santorini will be underwater. 



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Coming in 2150. Unfortunately 95% of Santorini will be underwater. 

Update: we need a water-landing capable A319XXXLR - bring back the seaplanes


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You could probably sell a few hundred of these planes to airlines, which would charge a premium on looooong thin routes to cover the higher per-seat operating costs.

 

But the manufacturer who spends ~$15bn developing, certifying, and industrializing this design would never recoup their investment so it's not going to happen until/unless technology changes. I'd expect something like an A321-size airliner with 8,000nm range by 2050 or so though.

 

Interesting idea.



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You could probably sell a few hundred of these planes to airlines, which would charge a premium on looooong thin routes to cover the higher per-seat operating costs.

 

But the manufacturer who spends ~$15bn developing, certifying, and industrializing this design would never recoup their investment so it's not going to happen until/unless technology changes. I'd expect something like an A321-size airliner with 8,000nm range by 2050 or so though.

In the real world, aircraft manufacturers develop aircraft because airlines indirectly beg for a different aircraft type. For example, American Airlines made it clear that they would be committing to "Boeing's expected new evolution of the 737NG, with a new engine that would offer even more significant fuel-efficiency gains over today's models." Boeing had not really published plans for a 737 MAX, but a promise to buy 100 of this new aircraft would mean that they have funding for its development, hence an incentive to make the plane into reality.

I don't see something like that coming into AE, both due to how ridiculously easy it is to amass massive amounts of funding in-game after a few years and the fact that custom aircraft is a pipe dream in the current version of AE. If this were a more realistic game though, perhaps throwing 100 billion dollars at Airbus or Boeing couldn't hurt...


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A321ULR

 

(A321neo but with A350ULR range)


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Make the Concorde be ultra profitable and be able to have it fly from anywhere to anywhere



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Idea: Basically a Concorde with less fuel but offset by having much more efficient engines.

 

Concorde 200 - from 1994

Seats: 160                 same as the standard Concorde

Speed: 1355 mph      same as the standard Concorde

Range: 7765 mi         ~85% longer range; this number is based on a full 160-seats-filled Concorde

Turn Time: 60 min     same as the standard Concorde

Runway: 8660 ft        lowered by ~8,35% due to reduced weight

Price: $180 Million     ~20% higher price

Lease: $2 Million       ~20% higher monthly lease

 

Now to the engines:

We will assume a plane for 160 max passengers needs only 2 engines - we're also gonna ignore any mistakes in my "math" shenanigans.

 

Number of engines: 2

Engine Type: Rolls-Royce Trent 768

Thrust per engine: 67'500 lbs                  significates a total increase of nearly 8%

Weight per engine: 10'550 lbs                 3550 lbs (~50%) more per engine

combined Fuel Flow: 40'500 lbs/hour      equals around 73% less fuel consumption

 

The Trent engines, straight off the A330, are heavier by themselves but due to the reduced amount of engines, this change saves in total 7100 lbs of weight. In addition to this, the number of fuel tanks will be slightly reduced (the -200 will retain it's feature of additional fuel tanks to control the centre of mass like the original) and the maximum fuel capacity lowered by 50% to a total of 59'750 litres (44'812 lbs for a full cabin).

The much more efficient engines will be able to work flights up to 5:45 h long flights in regular service. This signigicates an additional 2:50 hours of travelling.

 

a few potential destinations from London Heathrow; transatlantic routes only

 

Orlando, Mexico City, Miami, Sao Paulo, Fort Lauderdale, Bogotá

all these Airports have demand for at least one daily flight in full economy






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