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They 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?
Commercial airports. Planforms that don't fit the existing leased gate regime are non-starters.
The 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?
The 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
They 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?
Almost all commercial planes are for both cargo and passengers, and you’d have to bank really slowly if that was full of passengers.
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Maybe working off an existing design is harder than greenfield?
If that were true why did we get the 737 MAX?
Blended-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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If that were true why did we get the 737 MAX?
Actually, the 737 MAX as a new plane would have been fine. The MCAS software was used to try to give it the same flight characteristics as the 737 so that existing 737 pilots did not have to get additional certification for it.
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Maybe working off an existing design is harder than greenfield?
If that were true why did we get the 737 MAX?
The 747 MAX that killed 346 people in two separate accidents and was grounded for nearly two years and cost Boeing 10's of billions of dollars in fines, cancelled orders, etc.?
It is perhaps not the best example of modifications to an existing design.
The 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