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JetZero
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Re: JetZero
#92Big screens are an OK workaround for no passenger windows, but they still have to contend with severe structural pressurization challenges, strict emergency evacuation rules, and incompatibility with current airport gates.
No passenger windows is the correct way to go. The screens can actually show anything, not just replace a window.
Hell why even travel when you can just see Venice on a screen.
Re: JetZero
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only a small fraction of current flyers get window seats. And the view from the isle seat or middle row is non-existent. And that's before we talk about night flights when there's nothing to see, flights over water when there's nothing to see and so on. So yes, I'm sure some people like windows. But the majority have demonstrated that they're just fine flying without them.
Not to mention the cretins who put their windows down for the whole flight.
Except when everyone is trying to sleep and one person has their window up
Re: JetZero
#94Re: JetZero
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to mention the cretins who put their windows down for the whole flight.
Except when everyone is trying to sleep and one person has their window up
I've been that guy, but only if the scenery is interesting. Still, my attitude is that at noon, people don't need to have a blanket placed over their cage like parrots to make them sleep.
I also was on a flight once that had a very bouncy landing with all the windows down - when I didn't realize we were anywhere near the ground yet. I'm not into tuning out reality to that degree, and don't really feel obligated to help anyone else do so either ;)
Re: JetZero
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are many reasons for a lot of things, until you overcome those reasons. That's the point of innovation. There are many reasons not to make a reusable rocket too.
theres just some serious serious challenges here i dont think any of them are impossible to overcome but it would span so many more years and so much more funding to get thru. fuselage pressurization which they claim to have worked around (sus) is one of the spookiest imo. traditional looking commercial jets, their designs, their manufacturing processes, their innovations (yes boeing/airbus do innovate and have for a…
> have all been shaped heavily by human blood
This assumes the lessons were specific to the body type and aren’t generalizable?
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
No way. Looking out the window is one of the joys of flying. Picking out my house, seeing tiny cars on a remote highway, etc. Even 100+ MP cameras and high resolution screens won't come close to that level of detail.
Also the screen sizes they are showing have got to be exceedingly heavy.
I'd wager a bunch of OLEDs will be lighter than built-in windows with all the structural reinforcing necessary to make them safe.
Re: JetZero
#99Big screens are an OK workaround for no passenger windows, but they still have to contend with severe structural pressurization challenges, strict emergency evacuation rules, and incompatibility with current airport gates.
What do economy seats look like? I can't imagine they all have wrap-around video...
I imagine they would look similar to what they look now. You will have a 7" monitor in front. You can use it watch movies or look outside.