The birth of a quieter, greener plane: 35% more fuel-efficient; Cambridge-MIT Institute's 'Silent' Aircraft Initiative

"Jose" wrote in message
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I don't usually fly in the tail of a commercial airliner. However, some
time ago I had that opportunity, and was quite surprised at the horizontal
components I was feeling during taxi on the ground. I was also amused, as
it was in the opposite direction of the turn.

Be that as it may, I don't see how that's relevant to the question at hand.
I doubt the horizontal acceleration was even close to 1g, and on top of that
most people are already accustomed to horizontal accelerations, since motor
vehicles cause those any time they turn. I'm not a fast driver, and I still
quite often turn quickly enough to cause packages loose in the trunk to
slide from one side to the other. Not that it takes a LOT of force to do
that, but it probably takes at least as much force as you experience in the
tail of the airplane.

One more time though: even though I believe that the acceleration would be
significant, I doubt people will put up much of a fight.

Pete

Be that as it may, I don't see how that's relevant to the question at hand.

Only anecdotally.

A more serious problem may be the slight oscillations that an ariplane
goes through staying level. At the edges, they may become strong enough
over a five hour flight to induce seasickness.

Or not. Dunno. But better to think of it before placing the order.

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
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Be that as it may, I don't see how that's relevant to the question at hand.

Only anecdotally.

A more serious problem may be the slight oscillations that an ariplane goes
through staying level. At the edges, they may become strong enough over a
five hour flight to induce seasickness.

Or not. Dunno. But better to think of it before placing the order.

The original YB program had a problem with oscillations, making it a problem for
bombing runs. The B-2 has that problem licked, with super fast fly by wire
flight controls.

I can not see any reason that they would not be able to solve any passenger
comfort issues, with the correct subroutines applied to the flight control
computers.

I look forward to a new type of aircraft. If it is destine to come, I wish they
would get more serious about starting some scaled down aircraft testing program.

If Boeing is really serious about kicking Airbus' butt, that would be the way to
start looking. There is no way to find out, short of starting the first steps.
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Jim in NC