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[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by oldE

So keep them close to the roll axis and give them a wall with virtual windows. Freight goes outboard. Don't bother about real windows. The hull should be cheaper and lighter ofsetting the cost and weight of the screens.

Given the mindsets that are prevalent these days, give them a tablet sized screen with Candy Crush and Netflix. They will be fine. And if they *****, remind them that oceanliners are mostly extinct. Then threaten to put them on a no-fly list. They will shut right up and go back to their Candy Crush and their complimentary bag with 3 peanuts.

[daepp]

Originally Posted by ghiaholic

Even the tires weren't spared...

Not the tires but...

[daepp]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Boeing has been toying with a blended wing passenger aircraft for some time. There are some considerations once we want to put people in one of these things that don't come up when they are bombers and freighters.

People like to be able to see out, through real windows. Or at least have one nearby. It's a real psychological hurdle, believe it or not.

People don't like to sit too far out from the aircraft's roll center. They get kinda squeamish when the ship banks very much. So, they have to sit towards the center - no windows. Cargo goes outboard, but doesn't need windows... hmm...

I wonder how a virtual window would feel. Real scenery but shown on window shaped monitor...

[Hawkeye's-911T]

I wonder how a virtual window would feel. Real scenery but shown on window shaped monitor...

For some reason the virtual window concept reminded me of the DC-10 flight in May 0f '79 which purportedly had a video screen for the passengers to watch themselves take-off. Needless to say, that idea was scrapped immediately following the tragedy. Obviously this is a quite different scenario. Me, I need a window seat as this helps as I am squeamishly claustrophobic.


A salute to one of aviation's greats

Cheers
JB

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by oldE

So keep them close to the roll axis and give them a wall with virtual windows. Freight goes outboard. Don't bother about real windows. The hull should be cheaper and lighter ofsetting the cost and weight of the screens.
Best
Les

That's a Miata...

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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by URY914

Ok, what type of Russian Sub is this model???




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[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by daepp

"as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" - Proverbs 23:7

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[James Brown]

looks like Akula class attack sub, thats the sonar array with the hull removed

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6lY1bbfgWo

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OKB Chyeranovski
NationStates • View topic - Your Nation's Air Force Mark II:



https://forums.revora.net/topic/77338-bich-26/

Cheranovskij originally started work on a tailless jet fighter project in 1944 which lead to the BICh-24, extensive wind tunnel testing was done on several models however development never progressed any further. Research continued & lead to a variable-sweep wing design with an outboard wing pivot in 1948 called the BICh-25, very little other information is know about this aircraft tho. Around the same time Cheranovskij designed the BICh-26 which externally looked very similar to the BICh-24, a tailless delta wing design with a single fin & engine. Several more years where spent refining the design & demonstration models where built, but by then less complex & more readably available design from Mikoyan & Sukhoi where being built & then with the death of Cheranovskij the whole project was cancelled.

Douglas F4D Skyray
https://readtiger.com/wkp/en/Douglas_F4D_Skyray

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USS FRANKLIN AFTER JAPANESE AIR ATTACK
https://driwancybermuseum.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/metoda-kontrasepsipencegahan-kehamilan-kuno_ancient-birthcontrol-method/


KAMIKAZE ABOUT TO HIT USS MISSOURI
https://driwancybermuseum.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/metoda-kontrasepsipencegahan-kehamilan-kuno_ancient-birthcontrol-method/




https://driwancybermuseum.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/metoda-kontrasepsipencegahan-kehamilan-kuno_ancient-birthcontrol-method/

F4U Corsair fighter firing rockets in support of the troops on Okinawa