Airbus Unveils A Passenger Plane Of The Future, Similar To The Ship From "Star Wars" - Alternative View

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Airbus Unveils A Passenger Plane Of The Future, Similar To The Ship From "Star Wars" - Alternative View
Airbus Unveils A Passenger Plane Of The Future, Similar To The Ship From "Star Wars" - Alternative View

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Video: Airbus Unveils A Passenger Plane Of The Future, Similar To The Ship From "Star Wars" - Alternative View
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The European company Airbus is considered one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world and makes a great contribution to the development of aviation. As you know, aviation technology pollutes the air a lot, so many companies are developing airplanes with electric motors. In 2019, Airbus has already proved that electric motors can be installed on small aircraft, but it is still very difficult to equip passenger airliners with them. However, it is also possible to reduce the amount of harmful emissions by reducing fuel consumption, which Airbus is doing in the Maveric project. At the Singapore Air Show, the manufacturer unveiled a demonstration model of a passenger aircraft that not only consumes less energy, but also provides people with more comfort. The manufacturer has achieved this,making the aircraft body more streamlined.

Bloomberg reporters believe that the new Airbus aircraft strongly resembles a spaceship from "Star Wars". The novelty is really very different from the passenger aircraft existing today, because there is no sharp transition between its hull and wings. On the contrary, it is very fluid and the fuselage and wings are one piece. This design is known as the Blended wing body (BWB), but is referred to in the Russian technical literature as a "mixed wing" or "main fuselage".

The passenger plane of the future from Airbus

At the Singapore Air Show, only a prototype aircraft with a 2-meter length and 3.2-meter wingspan was shown. Its trials began in June 2019 and will last at least until the beginning of summer 2020. The final version of the aircraft will be much larger, and passengers flying in it will be able to sit not only in the middle of the cabin, but also literally inside the wings themselves. Engineers believe that due to the increase in the area of the cabins, passengers will be able to sit on the seats as comfortably as possible. Only now there is a possibility that people sitting in the area of the wings will be very sick. How the company will solve this problem is not yet clear.

Airbus Maveric plane in the air
Airbus Maveric plane in the air

Airbus Maveric plane in the air.

In the photos, you can see that the prototype has no portholes. So it may well be that instead of them, the company will put displays in the cabin to display everything that happens overboard.

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The main advantage of the new body of the aircraft is that, due to its smooth shape, it will less resist oncoming air. It is believed that due to its good aerodynamic properties, the Maveric aircraft will consume 20% less fuel. Consequently, the aircraft will produce less air pollutants than the company and make little contribution to environmental protection.

Photo from tests of the Airbus Maveric aircraft
Photo from tests of the Airbus Maveric aircraft

Photo from tests of the Airbus Maveric aircraft.

Looking to the future, the aircraft designers believe that the new shape of the aircraft will make it easier to improve. For example, the company will be able to test new types of propulsion systems and change the interior so that passengers are as comfortable as possible.

It is still unknown when the final version of the Airbus Maveric passenger aircraft will be created. But it may well be that in a dozen years we will be flying on such aircraft.

Ramis Ganiev

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