Mxsmanic wrote in
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Phil writes:

Thirty Five percent more fuel efficient. That would translate into
less expensive tickets. And just a fraction of the noise. But will
Boeing ever build something like this? Or will they wait until
Airbus or Embraer or the Chinese or the Russians build one?

Even Scarebus isn't likely to go that far out on a limb, especially
for noise reduction, which isn't as much of a problem as people seem
to think, anyway.
How would you know, Hovel boi?


I don't see any mention of safety, but I do see a mention of
instability. I seriously doubt that the aircraft would be safer than
current aircraft thanks to its innovative design, and it might be
worse. Safety issues--or even a perception of safety issues--can put
an airline out of business.


Once again, you have no idea what you're talking about.


The whiz kids at MIT have simply run over much of the same ground as
many other engineers in the past. And I'm sure they didn't actually
build a prototype, but instead depended on simulations that might or
might not be accurate.



What, simulations not accurate?

SHUT UP!


And Popular Science has been showcasing some rather farfetched (if
technically plausible) ideas for many decades. Sometimes they are
right, usually they are wrong, or at least fairly far off the mark.
But that is the nature of futuristic speculation.


Yeah, those loons were saying people might fly back in '02.


kooks, eh?


Bertie