Concorde
<div class="IPBDescription">why are we taking a step BACK :s</div> i have watched countless news reports... and plenty of other things.... but like... i still dont get why they are killing off concorde, one reason i was told is that it is a fuel hog and like too pricey... people PAY for it.. so like why get rid of it if people are still willing to pay..
personally one of my lifelong dreams was to cross the atlantic in 3 hours... i always wanted to go supersonic.. and so i am crushed they have actually done away with it.
can anyone else attempt to explain this backtrack in evolution? lets invent Supersonic jets... then take them away again cos they may be pricey :s
personally one of my lifelong dreams was to cross the atlantic in 3 hours... i always wanted to go supersonic.. and so i am crushed they have actually done away with it.
can anyone else attempt to explain this backtrack in evolution? lets invent Supersonic jets... then take them away again cos they may be pricey :s
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I think it's time to make that career move to building your own!
All you need is an empty washing up bottle, some cardboad cereal boxes and some sticky back plastic.....
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i think they were thinking about going back to rotor based aircraft but powered by electric instead of fuel, or powercells, much more efficent than the fuel guzzling jet craft we have now...
think i saw it on tomorow's world or something :/
then again, they were predicting we'll all be wearing silver suits.. not sure how much of their word i would be willing to take..
The newscasts Ive seen suggest that people <i>dont</i> pay for it anymore....at least not enough to justify the cost of operating it.
I think it's time to make that career move to building your own!
All you need is an empty washing up bottle, some cardboad cereal boxes and some sticky back plastic.....
Congrats on getting engaged dude, you changed your name so i didn't know it was you. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
ROFl @ the blue peter reference <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
and thankly Esuna <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> ya know im sure if it wasnt for my time with Gc and you guys ... i probly would be where i am now so hehe Thanks <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
and yeah i changed my name to get away form you but ye found me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
coem on esuna your only in london... lets make a z00m z00m plane!
i know it is pathetic.. but yeah ever since i was a kid.. the planes with the pointy noses always intrigued me...
i think they were thinking about going back to rotor based aircraft but powered by electric instead of fuel, or powercells, much more efficent than the fuel guzzling jet craft we have now...
think i saw it on tomorow's world or something :/
then again, they were predicting we'll all be wearing silver suits.. not sure how much of their word i would be willing to take.. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think I saw that. It flys at a higher level in the atmosphere than the planes we have now and can get to Japan from Britain 45 minutes.
In the grand scheme of things, I would think that the concorde contributes very little to the pollution associated with global warming.
Another problem associated with all supersonic aircraft is the sonic boom. For this reason, the concorde has to slow to subsonic for the beginnings and ends of it's trip when it nears land.
Super-cruising business jets are, IMO, a much more viable solution. I designed one to get across the atlantic, but it's just for asthetics, I don't know enough about aircraft engineering to say whether or not it could really achieve super-cruise (supercruise is when you exceed mach 1 "dry", aka without using your afterburners). Currently, only the F-22 raptor can supercruise IIRC, and there are only a few in existance (not even in service yet as I understand it)
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Another possible option is ram/scramjets which are in development.
Yet another possible option is a small craft that skips along earths atmosphere and allows you to get from, say, new york to tokyo in a very short time. The problem of this would be the tremendous expense of getting said craft into near low earth orbit. While it would definately get you there quick, it would be extremely expensive.
Well how many 747's crashed? I'm sure that even if you compare in proportion, normal jumbos have at least as much failures. Prior to that one accident, the Concorde was the safest transport ever, and I'd think it still is.
Not to mention that the accident wasn't entirely due to a fault of the plane itself, but a piece of scrap metal from another plane hitting its fuel tanks. That's why they adressed the problem after.
gee year your right....
and omg! one time i saw a car crash! so i had better stay out of cars right?
of course i would damn well ride one