Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Posted (10 years 11 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 946 times:
Does anyone remember the stupid topic about the design for a large capacity airliner the size of the 747 that would cruise close to the speed of sound and have traditional high bypass turbo fans. We all laughed and really tore into the dude, but the more i read on the SonicCruiser (SonicLooser) as Airways called it, the more i think of that design..
JT-8D From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 423 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 788 times:
Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 747 times:
I was just commenting on how wwe tore the topic to shreads from it not being possible, to not being economical to no one would by it etc etc etc.. and low and behold boeing comes out with a proposal for an aircraft that cruises @ close to mach one using a derivitive of the Trent engine, carrying 400+ pax.
Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 748 times:
Here was the old topic:
I designed an aircarft that I think is aerodynamically perfect. It is a widebody, however it has a Concorde-type design to it. It has the swept wings like the Concorde. It will have 4 PW RR Trent 500s. It will seat 475 passengers and will go 750 mph.
*Aerodynamicly perfect ... I wouldnt call the soniccruiser perfect but, it is twin aisle with a swept back/delta wing with a canard
*it will ahve 4 trent 500 engines... Boeing is in talks with Rolls on a trent derivitve to power the sonic cruiser
*475 pax...300 pax single class on the SonicCrusier
*750mph= aprox mach 1.01 well its faster then mach .95+ but still close to the 700mph of the soniccruiser
obviously his post was a bluff
"Aerodynamicly perfect but has winglets"
and i think everyone has a supersonic windtunnel that can handle his 35 foot model, when every supersonic wind tunnel i have seen uses very small models
but, its just freaky looking @ the sonic cruiser proposal and thinking im reading what he wrote
Flight152 From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 3247 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 703 times:
Wilcharl- There is no such thing as a airplane that is "aerodynamically perfect"!
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today
Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 688 times:
Flight152, I didnt say that, that was what the bozo that posted the origional message said about the plane he dreamed up
ImissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6049 posts, RR: 50 Reply 7, posted (10 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 674 times:
I think perhaps a clarification. Never (at least I hope) has such a magazine as Airways called the Sonicruiser a Sonicloser. I can't imagine that as possible. I presume that you mean a poster in this group named Airways. Please clarify ASAP. Do not inadvertantly slander a fine publication please.
I think a test for people to live in the southwest US should be no A/C in the car for a summer.
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