The CleanEra project will investigate BWB, high-tech propeller engines and even UFO-style body shapes in their efforts to produce a light, efficient airliner model that produces less noise and cuts carbon dioxide emissions by at least 50% over current designs.
Click on the link to see a picture. It's virtually indistinguishable from a prototyical "flying saucer."
...prototyical "flying saucer."
ReplyDeletePrototypical? (btw, it's just a model by some design students--no mention of means of propulsion or how it might get off the ground, let alone fly...)