Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly
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#2> Online reports say commercial operations as soon as 2027, but there’s no timeline confirmed on Radia’s website.
Yeah that ain’t happening. From renders to flying in three years for an aircraft larger than the A380? Nah.
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#3I guess it has an advantage that it doesn't have to take off fully laden from such a short runway.
It reminds me of visiting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where there was a bike path on an old rail line, and the grade was surprisingly steep. But I realized that the trains would only carry a load when going downhill -- from the ore mines to the shipping port, and would climb the grade empty.
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#4Doesn't make intuitive sense to me why you'd need a whole new airplane for this. Can you not rig something up to let one of these blades ride on top of an existing plane like the space shuttle transporter? Or would Sergey Brin's giant dirigible work? Or two helicopters flying in formation? Or just make the blades come in two pieces assembled on site?
Just seems very hard to believe a project as massive as a whole new airplane is the best solution to this problem.
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#5Submitted a week ago too. I really had a fun time running the numbers & trying to scope what they're trying to do against existing planes & existing windmills.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39690182 80 points, 7 days ago, 131 comments
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#67 days ago | 131 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39690182
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#7Jury-rigging one of the A380s would be cheaper and faster, in my opinion. Also there is an unfinished An-225 somewhere in Ukraine, so that is another option.
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#8Jury-rigging one of the A380s would be cheaper and faster, in my opinion. Also there is an unfinished An-225 somewhere in Ukraine, so that is another option.
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#9Doesn't make intuitive sense to me why you'd need a whole new airplane for this. Can you not rig something up to let one of these blades ride on top of an existing plane like the space shuttle transporter? Or would Sergey Brin's giant dirigible work? Or two helicopters flying in formation? Or just make the blades come in two pieces assembled on site? Just seems very hard to believe a project as massive as a whole new…
It all depends on how big the "wind turbine blade shipping" problem is - and how big it'll be in future.
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#10Would a blimp be able to deliver these types of loads? This cargo doesn't really need to get there fast right?