2016 New Boeing 797 Big Aircraft 1000 Seat
Boeing to take on Airbus with (1000 seat)
giant 797 Blended Wing plane.
Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Centre.
Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Centre.
The mammoth
plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747’s 211 feet,
and is designed to fit within the newly created terminals used
for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.
The Airbus A380
has been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13 billion in
development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage now that Airbus has
committed to the older style tubular aircraft for decades to come .There
are several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most important
being the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing
50%, with overall weight reduced by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more
efficient than the A380, and making Airbus’s $13 billion dollar investment
look pretty shaky.
High body
rigidity is another key factor in blended wing aircraft, It reduces turbulence
and creates less stress on the air frame which adds to efficiency, giving
the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range with its 1000 passengers flying
comfortably at mach .88 or 654 mph (+-1046km/h) cruising speed another advantage
over the Airbus tube-and-wing designed A380’s 570 mph (912 km/h) The exact
date for introduction is unclear, yet the battle lines are clearly drawn in
the high-stakes war for civilian air supremacy.
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you like a cruise in this super machine? Sound off below!
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