TechAmok

topicmaker · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 25642

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A team of U.S. and British researchers has unveiled the conceptual design for
ly passenger plane.
The
SAX-40, which has been developed by the Cambridge-MIT Institute, is a
radically different shape of aircraft. The design is the result of three years'
work and includes both new and existing technologies.  Here,...read more

nb411 · Advanced Member Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 101

That's very interesting. I wonder when they plan to put it into production, couldn't find the answer on BBC unless I missed it.

Even if it's 2% more effecient on fuel think of the environmental impact of all passenger liners being replaced by this design. That's quite an improvement over the space of a year.