From London to New York in one hour! New development of Airbus was a real breakthrough.

Today, transport is the fastest plane. However, its speed is not unlimited, and many of the passengers are not satisfied for quite a long time, transcontinental flights. After all, in order to fly from London to New York, it will require an average of eight hours. At the time, supersonic airliners "Concord" overcome this distance in three and a half hours, but now these machines are no longer in operation.

But now Airbus has patented a new type of aircraft which is capable of speeds in 4, 5 times the speed of sound, and to make the flight from London to New York in just one hour!

To achieve such a fantastic speed in the design of a hypersonic liner was considered a few interesting features. For example, supersamoleta engines will run on hydrogen. And the ship is equipped with three types of engines at once. The front of the fuselage is a pair of jet engines under the wings suspended two ramjet engine, and finally the tail of the rocket engine is located.



during takeoff and landing on a relatively small for this ship running speed steam jet engines under the "belly" of the aircraft. When turbojet engines climb off and hide inside the fuselage, and comes in a rocket engine. Liner rocket soars skyward, so while overcoming the supersonic barrier characteristic "boom" is distributed parallel to the ground and does not disturb the population.

Upon reaching a height of 30 kilometers of hypersonic aircraft enters a phase of horizontal flight, the rocket engine off and maintains the speed with two ramjet engines under the wings.



According to the creators, such an aircraft can be made for military purposes, and as a passenger liner. In civil cases, he will be able to take on board 20 passengers, giving them the highest level of comfort.

Of course, such a design superslozhnyh risks remaining unrealized projects, but its creators are optimistic about the future. According to them, hypersonic aircraft of the future will be just such a layout. And even if the liner will be implemented in another form, key achievements will remain unchanged.

Modern technologies inevitably embedded in our lives, helping to make it better and more comfortable. And even if in the near future we will not ride on such a hypersonic liner, the technical elegance of thought makes imbued with respect for the creators of this machine. If you liked the concept of high-speed aircraft, remember to tell your friends about it.

via ofigenno ru