Supersonic Green Machine By Lockheed Martin - A Flight Of The Future!
Lockheed Martin, which gave a futuristic glimpse of aviation with the #-Link-Snipped-#, had more to serve on its plate. The Mach 1.6 Supersonic Green Machine, was the design presented by their Engineers in 2010, and is expected to grace the sky by 2030. The era of supersonic transportation, that died with the last flight of Concorde in 2003, may just be looking at its revival.
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The Green Machine's variable-cycle engines would better the efficiency by shifting to traditional turbofan operation in the course of takeoff and landing. Combustors put up in the engine would cut down nitrogen oxide pollution by 75 percent. In addition, the plane’s inverted-V tail and underwing engine position shall almost put an end to the sonic booms that provoked a ban on the Concorde flights.
The arrangement diminishes the waves of air pressure (resulted by the impact with air of a plane traveling faster than Mach 1) that merge with the huge shock waves which causes sonic booms. Peter Coen, the principal investigator for supersonic projects, NASA, states that the overall idea to employ a low-boom design is to supervise the strength, position and interaction of the shock waves.
In lieu of producing a uninterrupted loop of roaring booms, the plane would emit a dull bellow, which from the ground would sound like a vacuum cleaner.
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The Green Machine's variable-cycle engines would better the efficiency by shifting to traditional turbofan operation in the course of takeoff and landing. Combustors put up in the engine would cut down nitrogen oxide pollution by 75 percent. In addition, the plane’s inverted-V tail and underwing engine position shall almost put an end to the sonic booms that provoked a ban on the Concorde flights.
The arrangement diminishes the waves of air pressure (resulted by the impact with air of a plane traveling faster than Mach 1) that merge with the huge shock waves which causes sonic booms. Peter Coen, the principal investigator for supersonic projects, NASA, states that the overall idea to employ a low-boom design is to supervise the strength, position and interaction of the shock waves.
In lieu of producing a uninterrupted loop of roaring booms, the plane would emit a dull bellow, which from the ground would sound like a vacuum cleaner.
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