Air Force Plans New Blended Wing Body Cargo/Tanker Aircraft by 2027
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Air Force Plans New Blended Wing Body Cargo/Tanker Aircraft by 2027
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Re: Air Force Plans New Blended Wing Body Cargo/Tanker Aircraft by 2027
#2Blended-wing body makes a lot of sense for cargo/tanker aircraft. No issues with emergency evacuation procedure for passengers.
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#3Blended-wing body makes a lot of sense for cargo/tanker aircraft. No issues with emergency evacuation procedure for passengers.
Has it been evaluated whether any real-life evacuations were time sensitive enough to where a wide bodied plane would have resulted in more deaths? Doesn't seem like a real problem intuitively, but I don't really have any data to back that up.
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#4Blended-wing body makes a lot of sense for cargo/tanker aircraft. No issues with emergency evacuation procedure for passengers.
Has it been evaluated whether any real-life evacuations were time sensitive enough to where a wide bodied plane would have resulted in more deaths? Doesn't seem like a real problem intuitively, but I don't really have any data to back that up.
Do they do all those evacuation tests with able-bodied volunteers? How would they evacuate for example five wheelchair users within the 90 seconds or whatever is required for the test?
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#5The design in the photo reminds me a lot of the Lockheed CL-1201 design
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#6They say there's a lot more volume, but would it carry more weight, and where would the weight have to be placed?
Why isn't this design used commercially?
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#7The KC-46 program has not gone swimmingly. I'm curious how they think they're going to get a demonstrator flying in 5 years when they can't get a tanker that's based on an existing production airframe flying on schedule.
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#8Blended-wing body makes a lot of sense for cargo/tanker aircraft. No issues with emergency evacuation procedure for passengers.
Could it make sense for a fighter?
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#9The KC-46 program has not gone swimmingly. I'm curious how they think they're going to get a demonstrator flying in 5 years when they can't get a tanker that's based on an existing production airframe flying on schedule. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus
Maybe working off an existing design is harder than greenfield?
Re: Air Force Plans New Blended Wing Body Cargo/Tanker Aircraft by 2027
#10They say there's a lot more volume, but would it carry more weight, and where would the weight have to be placed? Why isn't this design used commercially?
> where would the weight have to be placed?
In the body?