Leap Aerospace plans to build a supersonic vertical takeoff liner
South African startup Leap plans to create a supersonic aircraft that can land on any surface. The negative impact on the environment from its emissions will be minimal.
Visually, the aircraft will resemble supersonic military aircraft, which are almost impossible to detect with radars. Triangular wings, sharp "nose", increased streamlining. The main rotors will be responsible for vertical take-off and landing.
The first airliner must receive a safe landing mechanism that, in the event of a breakdown, can be used to launch into water, sand or ice. It is assumed that he will be able to cover the distance from New York to London in three hours. The flight speed will be about 2.3 thousand km / h. The approximate flight altitude is 18 km.
They want to equip the airliner with technology that can eliminate sonic booms. This will make it 100 times quieter than any helicopter. They plan to complement this with the first technology for safe flight control.
The flight procedure will be similar to standard aircraft. The only difference is that takeoff and landing will occur vertically. After the ascent, the speed gain or decrease will follow the standard pattern.
Leap believes that the development of such passenger aircraft is complicated by the peculiarities of the use of supersonic technology. This can significantly affect the timing of production start-up.
As for the impact on existing aircraft models, the developers can only adopt elements of some technologies. How it is done in many devices, shown in the section "Auto, Moto".
Visually, the aircraft will resemble supersonic military aircraft, which are almost impossible to detect with radars. Triangular wings, sharp "nose", increased streamlining. The main rotors will be responsible for vertical take-off and landing.
The first airliner must receive a safe landing mechanism that, in the event of a breakdown, can be used to launch into water, sand or ice. It is assumed that he will be able to cover the distance from New York to London in three hours. The flight speed will be about 2.3 thousand km / h. The approximate flight altitude is 18 km.
They want to equip the airliner with technology that can eliminate sonic booms. This will make it 100 times quieter than any helicopter. They plan to complement this with the first technology for safe flight control.
The flight procedure will be similar to standard aircraft. The only difference is that takeoff and landing will occur vertically. After the ascent, the speed gain or decrease will follow the standard pattern.
Leap believes that the development of such passenger aircraft is complicated by the peculiarities of the use of supersonic technology. This can significantly affect the timing of production start-up.
As for the impact on existing aircraft models, the developers can only adopt elements of some technologies. How it is done in many devices, shown in the section "Auto, Moto".
