Engineer and designer Charles Bombardier, who is also the founder of the Bombardier aircraft building corporation, is sure that the current technologies and achievements exist to create a hypersonic aircraft, which can be delivered from New York to London in just 11 minutes or fly around the earth in an hour.
According to the proposed concept, a liner called Antipode will be able to take off from any airfield using disconnecting reusable missile accelerators attached to the wings. After take -off, when the liner rises to a height of over 12,000 meters and gains a speed of more than 6,000 km/h (5 max), the accelerators will disconnect and return to the runway independently, like the first stage of the New Shepard missile. Further, the on -board computer will launch a hypersonic jet engine for acceleration Antipode to 28 800 km/h (24 max). In order to avoid overheating of the wings and the bow of the case, it is proposed to use an air stream that falls at a supersonic speed into the nozzle in the bow and linear nozzles on the front of the wings. According to the author, the number of passengers in Antipode should not exceed 10 people. In addition, the aircraft can be used not only for civilian, but also military purposes. Just cost such a “bird” will not be cheap. According to the calculation of the developer, the novelty will cost $ 150 million apiece.
Source: Telegraph.Co.UK
Engineer and designer Charles Bombardier, who is also the founder of the Bombardier aircraft building corporation, is sure that the current technologies and achievements exist to create a hypersonic aircraft, which can be delivered from New York to London in just 11 minutes or fly around the earth in an hour.
According to the proposed concept, a liner called Antipode will be able to take off from any airfield using disconnecting reusable missile accelerators attached to the wings. After take -off, when the liner rises to a height of over 12,000 meters and gains a speed of more than 6,000 km/h (5 max), the accelerators will disconnect and return to the runway independently, like the first stage of the New Shepard missile. Further, the on -board computer will launch a hypersonic jet engine for acceleration Antipode to 28 800 km/h (24 max). In order to avoid overheating of the wings and the bow of the case, it is proposed to use an air stream that falls at a supersonic speed into the nozzle in the bow and linear nozzles on the front of the wings. According to the author, the number of passengers in Antipode should not exceed 10 people. In addition, the aircraft can be used not only for civilian, but also military purposes. Just cost such a “bird” will not be cheap. According to the calculation of the developer, the novelty will cost $ 150 million apiece.
Source: Telegraph.Co.UK