@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Wow that was massive fail.

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@HJTravels:

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where are the damn planes that have wings that bend in a fashion similar to birds?

in case people dont know what i'm talking about...ther has been talk in the past of doing just what i stated above. it would still use jet engines the same as the ones we are using today, but i believe the ability for the wings to bend would make it easier to fly and a little greener.

jrghoull

@bestpersonintheunivers: I stand corrected. *golf clap*

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

@bestpersonintheunivers: *insert Apple joke*

Con Seannery

@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: On the contrary, *insert well thought out argument presenting the difference between our opinions regarding the use of "insert here" in blog posts*

bestpersonintheunivers

They'll have to comoe up with all wing or mostly wing planes.

HJTravels

Think about all the troops that could carry...err passengers.

vista64guy

NASA and MIT could make alarmingly nerdtastical results of awesome proportions.

Joe_Williams

@bestpersonintheunivers: I suppose *insert witty snarkism as a retort*.

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

I'm willing to bet that you actually tried to think of a "lame legroom joke" and, upon failing, put that "insert here" thing in the article instead.

bestpersonintheunivers

OMG thank god someone else watched seaquest dsv, i was starting to think i was the only one besides the shows actors and directors to know of it.

That plane looks too normal to warrant the investment and risk of a new design. It reminds me of when I reorganized my room and afterward noticed it was the same but rotated 45 degrees to the right. You can /= you should.

Shub-Niggurath

@BeautifulAgony: *Semi-irrelevant 4chan link*

bestpersonintheunivers

Useful but ugly.
They need some concept artists/engineers not only genius from MIT and NASA.

biofreak

I think BAE and Aerospatiale are going to make a Concorde replacement which will guarantee Wows from everyone on this planet .... I do not know about NASA and MIT - They have not even been able to make a plane superior to the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Wait the upcoming F-35 has a British Design by BAE - Awesome.......

NYJATT911

@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: *Meme*

BeautifulAgony

They're going to have to come up with a new design - that one's already been done: [i96.photobucket.com]

GMoney749

@Qwertyfreak's brilliant message to the world - below: As always, *witty insult*

bestpersonintheunivers

@NYJATT911:

NASA and MIT couldn't, but Dassault did :)

Then again I am being partial, I saw the Rafale being put together and was in awe of the wing design and the amount of pieces that go into such a small airframe.

aerospaceman

@bestpersonintheunivers: *obligatory Epic Fail joke*

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If only I was an engineer. I can draw planes worth a damn, but hell if I could actually design innards that work :S

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

@bestpersonintheunivers: "Jump on the Bandwagon"

smartboydan hates college

What an outstanding idea! Instead of a Dolphin named Darwin, we'll have emu siblings named Wilber and Orville and Peter Graves can be the captain.

brianfike

All that widened roof space on a vehicle that flies above the clouds and they didn't even think to put solar panels on it?

swarmster

@smartboydan hates college: *We should just talk with asterisks around our statements all the time*

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That plane looks like it was made out of a chicklet.

frigg

@swarmster:

so you can hear the crack crack crack?

aerospaceman

Hah air travel in 2030? Someone needs to let MIT know about peak oil. Unless they are counting on the hydrogen fairy to come along before then.

duckers

@Qwertyfreak's brilliant message to the world - below: *Insert "This works for me"*

bestpersonintheunivers

@duckers: Has it occurred to you that they know more about "peak oil" than you do? They have a considerably more compelling interest in knowing more about it, in fact.

mmmiles

(Nearly) Straight wings ? Is this some kind of sub 400mph jet ? If we're going to be going that slow anyway let's bring back the airship instead...

and the broom handle mauser while we're at it...

OddManOut

I wouldn't mind getting paid millions to take a regular plane and squash it like that design did.

flamingmenudo

Seaquest what now?

I freebase cocaine for a living

Whatever happened to that blended wing body design NASA and Boeing were playing with?

DisposableInterloper

It is still being researched, but blended wing craft don't have a stabilizer fin, and there is also the lack of window seating. Would you like to be cooped up in economy class with the 30 other people in a single row?@DisposableInterloper:

Anarian

@Anarian:
I don't care much for window or center seats. What a BWB design could offer are way more leg room and isle seats, which ar fine by me.

DisposableInterloper

oooops sorry wrong thread, cool plane though....... ( puts hand on neck and turns quickly to leave ) sorry

Kevin

OK, you know what I find interesting. The Rep. are reciting line and verse the same rhetoric they have heard on some red-neck radio talk show. I am sick of this. LISTEN to Obama, make an educated decision about his policies when you SEE his policies. DON'T assume the Democrat will act as other Democrats before him, don't ASSUME socialism until you see it, stop spreading diversity when to accomplish these wide ranging goals as a nation we need unity. OR, just watch your TV, peck on your computer, puke hate out into the world, take sides, and fight for blind ignorance. I f%&king gave five f%&king years of my life dedicated to Iraq and bringing EVERY one of my boys home safe, MY country is better than this, OUR country needs a change! We have to change and adapt, of we will perish from the face of this planet as a nation.

Kevin

@biofreak:
I'd rather have engineers desinging them to be efficient, safe, and green. The last thing I want to see is another design by some concept artist (let me guess, it would be glossy and would have LEDs underneath the surface, see image below).

Matt

@Matt:
LOL wth is that?
Look at some airplanes cars concepts. I am not talking about gadgets design.

biofreak

Am I missing something, or does "greener" and "more energy efficient" have the same meaning in this case?
Will these new planes be lighter and have less mass?

TechSurfer

Having just flown on the uber-discount airline of the week, I have to wonder why no one has invented an air craft where all the passengers can be loaded and off-loaded in place. As in, nix the lines to board and deplane.

And yes, Seaquest DSV was perhaps the most underrated show ever. I mean, talking dolphin? Awesome. Shame it jumped the shark, or rather the field in Idaho, in this case.

abyssknight

@Anarian: It's not still being researched. The decision was made as soon as a tube fuselage wasn't shown to the board members. When Boeing lost the contest to build the F-35, it wasn't due to poor engineering, it was because it "looked less like a plane should."
It's just like Dubya science - let's take the results that back up our beliefs!

qbrad

@qbrad:
Apparently, the BWB project is still ongoing. If it's the same one as the one I read about, its been designated the X-48.

DisposableInterloper

@mmmiles:

I would hope they know about peak oil. You would be surprised at the number of people who are unaware of peak oil, including academics. My comment was pretty sarcastic, I know it doesn't come across in text. The IEA is predicting a 9.1% drop in production in 2009. The $2 million could be much better spent. NASA and MIT employ many great minds who I'm sure could do wonders. We should be throwing everything we have at redesigning society (especially suburban America) and developing alternative energies. Not design pretty planes that will never see production.

duckers

@OddManOut: You may indeed see straighter wings on the airliners of the future.

Yes, they will cruise a bit slower (Mach 0.77 vs. 0.85) to save on wave drag, but the ability to design for significant regions of laminar flow is much more straight-forward on a 2-D (unswept) wing than it is on a swept wing. With a laminar flow wing, overall drag savings can be astoundingly large (25% of total drag). This wildly improves fuel consumption.

aerocowboy