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john70t 07-29-2018 09:46 AM

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john70t 07-29-2018 09:47 AM

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john70t 07-29-2018 09:48 AM

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Jeff Higgins 07-29-2018 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by URY914 (Post 10124061)

Cool stuff for sure. Let's not forget who did it first:

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Jeff Higgins 07-29-2018 02:49 PM

Boeing has been exploring blended wing / lifting body concepts for as long as I was there, probably longer. They have great economies of operation, but once they get to passenger airplane size, other considerations start to factor heavily. Passenger comfort, both physical and mental, are huge factors. You want them as close as possible to the roll center, but then they don't get windows and ingress/egress gets a lot harder.

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astrochex 07-29-2018 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 10124428)
Boeing has been exploring blended wing / lifting body concepts for as long as I was there, probably longer. They have great economies of operation, but once they get to passenger airplane size, other considerations start to factor heavily. Passenger comfort, both physical and mental, are huge factors. You want them as close as possible to the roll center, but then they don't get windows and ingress/egress gets a lot harder.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1532904574.jpg

Birthed in Long Beach by Robert Leibeck. Ridiculously more efficient than a conventional tube and wing design. I worked adjacent to those folks in the day and always hoped to see it become a real thing. Consolation was seeing early scale model flights at El Mirage. I still have some of the promo materials.

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john70t 07-29-2018 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 10124428)
Passenger comfort, both physical and mental, are huge factors. You want them as close as possible to the roll center, but then they don't get windows and ingress/egress gets a lot harder.

I wonder if virtual environments would calm the cattle: Screens with expanded views and/or enhanced informational maps.
People already sit in cubicals all day when their minds are focused.

I'm imaging you could look through the forward camera at 'pilots view', or look down and a road/city grid with labels could be overlaid, or go in virtual map view, or go into a plethora of geography quizzes, or destination information, or various screen savers, or games and movies and internet, etc. Anything to distract people with customization of space and make them feel less trapped and maybe more educated when they reach their destination.
The outside world could be brought inside virtually.

john70t 07-29-2018 04:21 PM

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widebody911 07-29-2018 06:16 PM

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widebody911 07-29-2018 06:21 PM

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URY914 07-30-2018 02:36 AM

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URY914 07-30-2018 02:37 AM

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WPOZZZ 07-30-2018 02:50 AM

I want some guac now.

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kach22i 07-30-2018 03:02 AM

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DanielDudley 07-30-2018 03:33 AM

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widebody911 07-30-2018 04:59 AM

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widebody911 07-30-2018 05:00 AM

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widebody911 07-30-2018 05:01 AM

Repost, but I love this one:

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widebody911 07-30-2018 05:02 AM

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widebody911 07-30-2018 05:03 AM

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