Submitted by rchaudhary t3_yvl051 in technology
finedrive t1_iwf63eh wrote
Reply to comment by Fiberdonkey5 in The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Flying in One Day by rchaudhary
Need a disruptor in the industry to light fires under the people just maintaining status quo because it’s profitable.
tyranicalteabagger t1_iwfofk9 wrote
Flying wings are inheriantly unstable. There's a reason there wasn't a safe design until you had computer controlled flight surfaces.
iqisoverrated t1_iwfulpn wrote
The controlling of these planes isn't the issue (that's solved. If the electronics fail you're screwed in a traditional jet just as much as you would be in a flying wing).
The issue is airports. Airports are built for planes with certain dimensions in mind. You can't just bring in an new (big) form factor - you'd have to revamp every (major) airport in the world. That's not going to happen.
finedrive t1_iwfr9zm wrote
Nowadays you don’t need wings to fly.
MinuteManufacturer t1_iwoehoa wrote
But redbull
Griiinnnd----aaaagge t1_iwfp7bi wrote
The Nazis were about to go hog wild on those too.
tyranicalteabagger t1_iwglukn wrote
No. They weren't. We developed them after ww2 also and then abandoned them until the computer age; because they were unstable and dangerous without a computer to do fast adjustments to control surfaces.
Griiinnnd----aaaagge t1_iwh6q1u wrote
Hog wild is a exaggeration but they were definitely going to try, and ya gee I wonder where we got the idea /s since that is needed.
AdvertisingFree4150 t1_iwf6xyo wrote
lol that would be congress. we should have speed rails but instead were told car and planes are whats best while both congress and companies do nothing about global warming.
finedrive t1_iwf78d6 wrote
Lol you’re telling me, check out the Hawaii rail system
LibertyLizard t1_iwfimfq wrote
Hawaii? Is this a joke?
finedrive t1_iwfiqr9 wrote
Nah, check it out
LibertyLizard t1_iwfiuvm wrote
I did. It’s more of a Honolulu rail system. I was imagining inter-island rail lol.
finedrive t1_iwfjsdx wrote
Oh, ya good luck with that. The current rail system is a complete joke. It’s under federal investigation lol
PoorPDOP86 t1_iwgt108 wrote
No, that would be practicality. The maps of where high speed rail lines are proposed reads like someone just looked at a map and went "Oh that looks short enough let's do that". Meanwhile they have these lines going through places where there's four tunnels and you can't exceed 75 MPH on the highway due to the sharpness of the turns. That's not feasible for a train that's supposed to go 150 plus.
There's a reason long-range passenger rail died in the US. Why go through something you can go over?
knowledgebass t1_iwh81ea wrote
You do realize that in the era before planes and automobiles there was a well-functioning and world-class passenger rail service that went to every major city in the country right? And that was in the 1800's and early 1900's so we could make it work now if we really wanted to but we are collectively addicted to cars.
AdvertisingFree4150 t1_iwgtjnf wrote
it died so the rich can keep making us pay a shit ton to travel. public transport has been dying since ford came out with cars and they started sabotaging it. even musk takes credit for fucking up the one they were going to build in ca. lol they have inanimate domain to build things like a rail system in america. they did it for all our roads.
knowledgebass t1_iwh83zd wrote
imminent domain
agnoth t1_iwhcxa4 wrote
Eminent domain
knowledgebass t1_iwhf3p0 wrote
well shit I was less wrong than the other person lol
agnoth t1_iwlny8p wrote
That's true.
JaFFsTer t1_iwgnhp9 wrote
High speed rail is really not gunna work in the us. Too sparsely populated in the middle of the country to be profitable and air travel is quite cost efficient.
Cynical_Cabinet t1_iwh5fop wrote
The coasts are more than dense enough to support high speed rail. You don't have to connect Butfuck Iowa with the high speed rail system. Connect the busiest routes first, then expand the network from there ad necessary. ACELA should go down the entire east coast.
AdvertisingFree4150 t1_iwgol2t wrote
we dont even take pay for fuel and what its going to cost future generations and what it will cost us in the coming decade with 1/3 less water which we need in the Midwest to make the land livable. how much do you think it will cost us to wipe out farm land and turn it into desert? if government is too corrupt and the people are too dumb and the billionaires are too selfish.
MandoAviator t1_iwfh9mv wrote
FAA is the problem. They are extremely slow.
> On September 1st, the Federal Aviation Administration approved the first unleaded fuel found fit to power every spark-ignition engine on every airframe in the general aviation fleet
This fuel has been around for much, much, much longer. And yes, this is September 1st 2022.
Transport Canada is worse. Getting insured on certain makes and models (which are commercially available) is such a challenge that it takes less time to learn to fly acrobatic planes (not exaggerating).
lastingfreedom t1_iwg0f9l wrote
Ban leaded AvGas
youguystalk t1_iwgmrfe wrote
It's actually not profitable they just get bailed out when they lose.
Hm_Maybe_ t1_iwfh5u2 wrote
Blue, disruptor found!
Red is attacking! Take your best shot!
Blue, disruptor destroyed!
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