Nice looking plane (sound, rant, project)

[Brian.Pearson]

NASA shells out award for 'ninja star' supersonic plane design




NASA has awarded a $100,000 grant for the development of a ‘ninja star-shaped’ plane capable of supersonic travel. The groundbreaking aircraft is capable of turning at 90 degree-angles mid-flight, transforming it into a supersonic jet. The creators of the new plane have designed it to fly like a normal aircraft, but upon reaching supersonic atmosphere levels the craft rotates, and then flies at twice the speed of sound. "We are inventing the ways in which next-generation aircraft and spacecraft...

[Josseppie]

That is cool!

[Retroit]

I guess the folding-wing design wasn't expensive and complicated enough?

[Tek_Freek]

"The planned plane design is still a work in progress, and is not expected to see a working model for at least a few decades"

I probably won't be here or wont be cognizant enough to care.

[Brian.Pearson]

I'm gonna be around forever... Plus I expect new developments with the new plane that won't be thought of by then.

[plwhit]

Another possibly maybe plane....

Lippisch P.13b

[plwhit]

Whatever happened to the BWB?

[Brian.Pearson]

I came across something by somebody who sounded like he knew what he was talking about:

The dimpled golf ball or spoilers on cars, results in lower drag. OK, suppose they put dimples in the skin of a plane? How about that?

BTW, I saw a couple of BMBs in the Wikipedia, and I got the impression from other sites that looked like they were working on new designs.

[plwhit]

Flyray Project:


FlyRay Project - YouTube

[plwhit]

Boeing 797 - Boeing Y3-Ecoliner,Boeing 747-1000 Y Boeing 999 or Blended Wing 797 Fact or Fiction? - YouTube