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<\/div>We Have Liftoff<\/h2>
For the first time, a scale model of the Flying-V<\/a>, an experimental jetliner that seats passengers inside its wings, took flight during an uncrewed test.<\/p> The results of a Flying-V test have been long awaited. The plane’s unusual design makes it 20 percent more fuel efficient than the most advanced planes on the market, according to New Atlas<\/em><\/a>, which has covered the project previously<\/a>. But, as with any unusual experimental design, it remains unclear how well it would actually work in practice.<\/p> Even if it wasn’t a real Flying-V, the successful flight test of the scaled down model is a pretty big deal. Even the engineers helping design it weren’t sure how well the new plane would fare during takeoff and landing.<\/p> “One of our worries was that the aircraft might have some difficulty lifting-off, since previous calculations had shown that ‘rotation’ could be an issue,” Roelof Vos, a propulsion researcher at Delft University of Technology, told Flightglobal.com<\/em><\/a>. “The team optimized the scaled flight model to prevent the issue. But you need to fly to know for sure.”<\/p> The largest issue that the team ran into was during what Vos called “somewhat of a rough landing,” Vos told FlightGlobal.<\/em><\/p> When your flight lands, you might notice that the plane tends to tilt back and forth a bit as it lands up with the runway. The same thing happened with the Flying-V, Vos told the site, and we can’t imagine how nauseous passengers would have been.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Flying V long-distance plane makes its first flight as a scale model<\/a> [New Atlas<\/em>]<\/p> More on aviation:<\/strong> New “Flying-V” Plane Puts Passenger Seats in the Wings<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Engineers Test Jetliner Where You Ride in the Wings<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Here is the original post: We Have Liftoff For the first time, a scale model of the Flying-V , an experimental jetliner that seats passengers inside its wings, took flight during an uncrewed test. The results of a Flying-V test have been long awaited Continue reading Flight Simulator<\/h2>
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