KLM tukee "lentävän V-kirjaimen" muotoista liikennekoneprojektia

[Ilkka Mäkelä 1 216]

Lentoyhtiö KLM tukee hollantilaisen teknisen yliopiston oppilaan suunnittelemaa "Flying V"-matkustajakoneprojektia. Väitteiden mukaan polttoaineenkulutus olisi nykyisiä konedesigneja 20 % pienempi. Täysimittaiseen koneeseen mahtuisi kolmisensataa matkustajaa.

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The Dutch national airline announced that it is helping fund the development of the Flying-V, a lifting-body-esque flying wing aircraft designed by Delft University of Technology student Justus Benad.

The designers say the Flying-V will use 20% less fuel than an Airbus A350 while carrying about the same number of passengers, 314.

The design is meant to eschew the traditional “tube and wing airplanes” and gain the benefit of fuselage lift to augment the widely spaced “wings.” Total wingspan is planned to be 213 feet, essentially the same as an A350’s. 

A flying prototype is promised by October 2019, but the design isn’t expected to enter service until 2040. 

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/klm-to-fund-development-of-flying-v-airliner/