Back to Squawk list
  • 24

KLM to fund development of fuel-efficient Flying-V plane

제출됨
 
(CNN) — The development of a V-shaped, fuel-efficient airplane design known as the Flying-V is getting a boost with the announcement that Dutch national carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will help to fund it. Intended to improve the sustainability of air travel, the Flying-V was conceived by Justus Benad, then a student at the Technical University of Berlin, and developed by researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, also known as TU Delft. (www.cnn.com) 기타...

Sort type: [Top] [Newest]


plausipo
Po Lau 1
What can be done to control the shape of the airfoil to make it go up or come down?
TorstenHoff
It will likely have elevons like most flying wings and deltas.
plausipo
Po Lau 1
Different blended wing body aircraft concepts have been around for quite some time, hope this project can provide more info addressing to aviation amateurs, and in particular, how this new design overcomes the shortcomings of previous endeavors. Well, at least, this project got a bit commercial funding into academic research, not a bad thing.
omrigaron
So will the entire leading edge be heated? Seems like an awful lot of bleed air.
JimG4170L
Maybe passengers could blow on the windows?
wwharris
"I'm sorry, but I think you might be in the wrong seat. I'm supposed to be in 9M."

로그인

계정을 가지고 계십니까? 사용자 정의된 기능, 비행 경보 및 더 많은 정보를 위해 지금(무료) 등록하세요!
FlightAware 항공편 추적이 광고로 지원된다는 것을 알고 계셨습니까?
FlightAware.com의 광고를 허용하면 FlightAware를 무료로 유지할 수 있습니다. Flightaware에서는 훌륭한 경험을 제공할 수 있도록 관련성있고 방해되지 않는 광고를 유지하기 위해 열심히 노력하고 있습니다. FlightAware에서 간단히 광고를 허용 하거나 프리미엄 계정을 고려해 보십시오..
종료