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Concorde 2 could take off vertically and fly from New York to London in just one hour


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  • Illustrations shown in Patent Yogi video are based on an Airbus patent
  • Patent shows plane could travel at 4.5 times the speed of sound
  • Two turbo jets would allow hypersonic craft to climb vertically at take-off 
  • Wing-mounted ramjets would take control to push it to its final speed

 

By Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline

Published: 14:07 GMT, 12 October 2015 | Updated: 10:52 GMT, 13 October 2015

 
 

It looks like a futuristic craft from the children's TV series Thunderbirds, but this sleek design could actually be for a Concorde-2 hypersonic airliner.

 

The designs are based on a patent awarded to Airbus in July, which describes a craft that climbs vertically into the air before breaking the sound barrier as it travels horizontally across the sky.

 

Dubbed Concorde-2 because it would be much faster and quieter than the retired supersonic jet, the plane is designed to have a top speed of Mach 4.5, meaning a journey from New York to London would take just one hour.

Airbus hopes its planned hypersonic jet, which would travel at 4.5 times the speed of sound, could take people between two major cities faster than most daily commutes.

 

Its proposed one-hour journey time between New York and London would be more than three times faster than the original Concorde, which made its final flight in 2003. Standard airliners take around eight hours to complete the journey.

 

Airbus' jet is described as 'an air vehicle including a fuselage, a gothic delta wing distributed on either side of the fuselage, and a system of motors able to propel the air vehicle'.

 

These details have been taken into account in the computer-generated illustrations shown on Patent Yogi's YouTube channel, where the proposed craft is described as 'the highest rollercoaster in the world' because of the steep ascent and descent - and high speed - of its flight path.

 

The patent describes how three different types of engine, powered by different forms of hydrogen, would work together to propel the vehicle at speeds of 3,425mph (5,500km/h).

 

Two turbo jets would allow the aircraft to climb vertically at take-off, before retracting into the fuselage just before it reaches the speed of sound.

 

A rocket motor would take it to an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres). The wing-mounted ramjets would then take control to push the jet to its final speed.

 

Airbus says it has designed the craft's aerodynamics to limit sonic boom, making it much quieter than Concorde, which some complained was too noisy when it flew over populated areas.

 

However, unlike with Concorde, the Airbus design will limit passengers to just 20. And it won't be cheap.

 

'In the case of civil applications, the market envisaged is principally that of business travel and VIP passengers, who require transcontinental return journeys within one day,' the patent states.

 

Airbus claims the jet would be able to complete trips such as Tokyo to Los Angeles in just three hours.

 

The aircraft manufacturer says the hypersonic jet could also be used for military applications, working to transport soldiers at rapid speeds.

 

Another smaller aerospace firm called Aerion Corp has partnered with Airbus to develop another supersonic business jet - the AS2.

 

The jet is tipped to fly at 1,217 mph and would be made of carbon-composite material.

 

This compares to modern commercial long-haul jets typically cruise at speeds between 480 and 560 mph.

 

Brian Barents, co-chairman of Aerion Corp, told BizJournals he hopes the $120 million jet will come to market by 2022.

 

Aerion is talking to governing bodies in the US about the issue of noise regulations so it's more likely the jet could fly over the mainland.

 

He believes a renaissance of supersonic civil travel is on the horizon.

 

But Airbus isn't the only one vying to create hypersonic aircraft technology, with a new generation of planes expected to take to the skies in just over a decade.

 

In July, US Air Force bosses revealed they hope to have a hypersonic plane capable of crossing countries in minutes by 2023 and that several tests of hypersonic projectiles have already been carried out.

 

Air Force Chief Scientist Mica Endsley told Military.com that the Air Force and Darpa, the Pentagon's research entity, plan to have a new and improved hypersonic air vehicle by 2023.

 

Experimental unmanned aircraft developed for the US Air Force have already gone hypersonic during tests off the Southern California coast, flying at more than five times the speed of sound.

 

The Air Force said a craft known as the X-51A WaveRider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5.1 last year.

 

The new air vehicle could be used to transport sensors, equipment or weaponry in the future, depending upon how the technology develops.

 

Previously bosses had only said they hoped that missile systems would be available for testing in 2020.  

 
 
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I once heard and saw a Concorde while on a golf course north of Dallas years ago. When I heard this extremely loud noise, I looked around and then up as it was heading towards DFW airport. It was flying low and slow, but the noise was tremendous. Only time I ever saw one. I heard flying in one is very smooth and quite while at cruising speed. The sound of the engines is way behind the plane.

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Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around Mach 3 (2,284 mph; 3,675 km/h). This type of engine can operate up to speeds of Mach 6 (4,567 mph; 7,350 km/h).

ram jet aplications I have looked at do require assisted takeoff.

May be a dumb question but what about landing?

Rocket takeoff,ramjet flight, Rock landing?

Methinks Shabs hit the head on the nail! :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet#Cyrano_de_Bergerac

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comical_History_of_the_States_and_Empires_of_the_Moon

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Just as a side issue:  Supposedly this plane will go straight up for 78 miles!  According to the "Flat Earth" touters such a flight would is impossible!  The "canopy" or "firmament" is only 32 miles.  Since the flight depends upon the rotation or spin of the earth, and the earth is flat and does not spin, the flight would come down close to the place it took off.  Now that is a conundrum!  LOL!!!!! 

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Just as a side issue:  Supposedly this plane will go straight up for 78 miles!  According to the "Flat Earth" touters such a flight would is impossible!  The "canopy" or "firmament" is only 32 miles.  Since the flight depends upon the rotation or spin of the earth, and the earth is flat and does not spin, the flight would come down close to the place it took off.  Now that is a conundrum!  LOL!!!!! 

 

I've never flown over the sun.....this could be our chance, Nelg.   :lol: 

 

GO RV, then BV

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