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Re: JetZero

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Post by cassepipe »

iamwil wrote: post #103

What I really want, is a plane that can load passengers like containers--or like a rollercoaster car. Of course, it should be comfortable. I just mean that the passenger compartment should be modular. So you can put your luggage in and get settled while sitting in the airport, and then when the plane comes in, it just side-loads everyone all at once. Once landed, it just slides everyone off, and you can just I know t…

I just want to go to an hospital, get an injection, fall asleep and wake up on a bed at another hospital somewhere else.

Re: JetZero

#192

Post by mlrtime »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #168
johanvts wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just stop subsidizing flying, maybe even tax the fuel a fraction of the value it’s destroying and I bet most of flying will suddenly turn out to actually be completely avoidable.

I think advances in remote work tech have had a huge impact on business travel. Zoom beats Boom.

Zoom is also probably the worst software I'm forced to use. The UI and fat client are from 2000.

Re: JetZero

#193

Post by margalabargala »

trueno wrote: post #165
margalabargala wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If some letters were capitalized it would be easier to read but without this gets downvoted as wordsalad. Almost illegible. Punctuation exists for a reason.

the misery it takes to make these types of comments lmao. behold lifes hidden fruits of simply scrolling past something that makes you irritable

Consider dropping spaces too. It'll make your comments even more Unique and Quirky! And it won't impact readability in a way you care about!

Re: JetZero

#194

Post by beepbooptheory »

dbspin wrote: post #174
johanvts wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just stop subsidizing flying, maybe even tax the fuel a fraction of the value it’s destroying and I bet most of flying will suddenly turn out to actually be completely avoidable.

Insane take - this is just ensuring that the only people who get to enjoy travel are the rich. Nothing in our society is improved by taking a privilege that's widely enjoyed and restricting it to the wealthy or very wealthy.

Why is it still considered a 'privilege' if everyone should absolutely be able to use it?

Re: JetZero

#195

Post by wadim »

cassepipe wrote: post #191
iamwil wrote: post #103

What I really want, is a plane that can load passengers like containers--or like a rollercoaster car. Of course, it should be comfortable. I just mean that the passenger compartment should be modular. So you can put your luggage in and get settled while sitting in the airport, and then when the plane comes in, it just side-loads everyone all at once. Once landed, it just slides everyone off, and you can just I know t…

I just want to go to an hospital, get an injection, fall asleep and wake up on a bed at another hospital somewhere else.

Apart from just being highly unrealistic and not very practical, hospitals are much worse than airports in every way. Why not just get injected at the airport itself? And why an injection? Why not inhale some dream gas? Less intrusive and scales better.

Re: JetZero

#196

Post by gertrunde »

cassepipe wrote: post #184
conorcleary wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the design is more efficient, then eventually the fuel you put into it can be replaced by your magic solution.

Except there is another issue, how many people do you fit in this shape ? If you can only fly 30 people that's not very efficient as it would mean more flights. Also I believe the further away you are from the rotation axis of the plane where it turns left or right, the more unpleasant your flight may be

Regarding capacity, iirc, one of the advantages of this style of body is greater internal volume.

And another company working in the same space, Natilus, is planning to fit 150-250 passengers on theirs, somewhat comparable capacity-wise to a 757, but about 30% smaller length/width.

Re: JetZero

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Post by phoghed »

cassepipe wrote: post #184
conorcleary wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the design is more efficient, then eventually the fuel you put into it can be replaced by your magic solution.

Except there is another issue, how many people do you fit in this shape ? If you can only fly 30 people that's not very efficient as it would mean more flights. Also I believe the further away you are from the rotation axis of the plane where it turns left or right, the more unpleasant your flight may be

The very comment thread we’re in has a quote stating you get more interior space because of the incorporation of wings into the body.

They appear to make more sense for large passenger jets because the interior volume scales better. There’s a ton of practical concerns though.

They won’t fit into existing airport setups. Seats near the wing will move waaay more than near the center during banking turns (maybe they’ll be cheaper lol)

I don’t think it’s a given they’ll replace what we’ve got, but who knows.

Re: JetZero

#199

Post by xnx »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #51
briandw wrote: post #17

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In a conventional aircraft you sit on the roll axis. In a blended wing body design you can have off-axis motion that can increase motion sickness. Rather than rolling with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, you move up and down when the aircraft banks. Not necessarily a deal breaker, but an additional difference to deal with.

> In a blended wing body design you can have off-axis motion that can increase motion sickness This sounds fixable in avionics and training. (Shallow, gradual banks.) Note, too, that a larger lifting body needs to bank less to execute the same turn as a craft with more loading.

True, but I have to guess it would feel like a real rollercoaster when making small quick adjustments while landing.

Re: JetZero

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Post by YorickPeterse »

iamwil wrote: post #103

What I really want, is a plane that can load passengers like containers--or like a rollercoaster car. Of course, it should be comfortable. I just mean that the passenger compartment should be modular. So you can put your luggage in and get settled while sitting in the airport, and then when the plane comes in, it just side-loads everyone all at once. Once landed, it just slides everyone off, and you can just I know t…

I think that's called a train.
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