http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/bwb_main.html

It is fiction that will have great starring role in many future Hollywood movies.

 

Aharon

NASA is testing the X-48B for low orbit space travel, in that retrospect the design is ingenious. The aerodynamic profile would work, you could contain the engines inside and have a low footprint, and it would work for slow speed atmospheric re-entry (not the kind the space shuttle did). According to some sources the X-48B would be powered by SCRAMJET engines instead of turbofans, this would allow speeds upto and exceeding Mach 10. This would mean flights from ATL to HNL (Atlanta to Tokyo) would take 4 hours instead of 18 hours.

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nebojsa

That livery fits the aircraft quite nicely! I like liveries with colorful or interesting wing designs (emblems, shapes, text, etc.), as always seeing plain, stock wing colors is too boring!

 

While the aircraft does seem weird compared to current commercial aircraft, flying it would be interesting.

Addendum: Another rumor has the 797 to be the next 757 evolution. That rumor has some historical correlation to it which makes it plausible.

 

Unlikely, since the 737-900 is pretty much the 757 replacement. Anything bigger, and the 787 would be more cost effective. This is probably why the site of the former 757 final assembly area is now a shopping center and a pile of butt-ugly apartments.

So far there is only one thing known about the Boeing 797...it uses all Ni Cd batteries... ^_^

- People are sitting further away from the longitudinal axis of the plane, so they're going to be in for a rollercoaster ride whenever you roll the plane.

I remember reading that some studies proved that the ride would be the same as in a conventional airplane (no rollercoaster effect).

I remember reading that some studies proved that the ride would be the same as in a conventional airplane (no rollercoaster effect).

 

Only if they reduce the roll rate compared to a conventional plane. The further away you are from the centre of rotation the larger the acceleration is going to be for a given roll rate.