https://www.coolthings.com/aircruise-the-luxury-aircraft-of-the-future/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.coolthings.com/aircruise-the-luxury-aircraft-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-419514 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:04:44 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=9797#comment-419514 Given the symmetrical shape in plan view, it would be a challenge to maintain headway; there would be no inherent directional stability. A stability augmentation system would do the trick, and it wouldn’t have to have a very high cycle time given the low speeds, but it would be at some cost in efficiency.

]]> https://www.coolthings.com/aircruise-the-luxury-aircraft-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=9797#comment-4560 This baby looks like an UFO. It looks really good and I hope it’ll be a success. I wonder how much a trip with this thing will cost… not cheap, I guess.

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