Boom.

[X3 Skier]

I'm taking their claimed results at face value, which I know is risky, but:

Do you think demonstrating that it is possible to tailor shock wave propagation such that the ground audible signature is significantly reduced is not useful? That demonstrating their design tools were capable of somewhat reasonably predicting that would happen is not useful?
Beating NASA and a few other agencies around the world to the punch may not exactly be useful but it is certainly interesting.

There's a lot more in the results than a supersonic bizjet.

Nauga,
and his tech mat

Knowledge is useful and might be applied somewhere (I personally can’t think of any for reducing Sonic Boom except reducing damage claims from Supersonic Military Training Routes) but to think that Boom’s business case is anything but a flim flam exercise is believing the Star Trek’s Transporter Chamber is just a few years away.

 

[eman1200]

“Here comes the _ _ _ _” either can’t be played or must be played every time they go supersonic.

 

[nauga]

Knowledge is useful and might be applied somewhere (I personally can’t think of any for reducing Sonic Boom except reducing damage claims from Supersonic Military Training Routes) but to think that Boom’s business case is anything but a flim flam exercise is believing the Star Trek’s Transporter Chamber is just a few years away.

Quesst

NASA's aeronautical innovators working on the Quesst mission are leading a government-industry team to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world.

www.nasa.gov

Boom is going their own way but other companies seem to think there's a business case to be made in petitioning for a rule change. Demonstrating the capability and the ability to predict that capability are goals, and the technology will enable more than one company's concept of a business jet.

Nauga,
who made too much noise

 

[X3 Skier]

Quesst

NASA's aeronautical innovators working on the Quesst mission are leading a government-industry team to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world.

www.nasa.gov

Boom is going their own way but other companies seem to think there's a business case to be made in petitioning for a rule change. Demonstrating the capability and the ability to predict that capability are goals, and the technology will enable more than one company's concept of a business jet.

Nauga,
who made too much noise

I would wish them well in developing business jet applications which might be actually viable if the money is there for the development and the rules change about overland supersonic civil flight. If it makes sense to spend megabucks on an airplane to fly a supersonic flight in the states for a company instead of a Gulfstream, ok by me. If they need longer range supersonic capability like transatlantic, which i doubt is feasible without a new engine (which doesn’t exist) and want to spend the money to save a couple or more hours, ok by me as well.

My earlier comments were totally about Boom’s dreamland idea of a supersonic airliner.

BTW, if I was on the the board of directors of a company that wanted one of these phantom jets, you can guess which way I would vote.

 

[nauga]

If it makes sense to spend megabucks on an airplane to fly a supersonic flight in the states for a company instead of a Gulfstream...

Gulfstream was also a bidder on the contract that resulted in the X-59 at the link I posted above. You might also look at the 'quiet spike' research they flew on one of Dryden's F-15s. There is also research and testing being conducted outside the US. I get that you don't like Boom, that's fine, but the technology has merit (and interest).

Nauga,
and a sneaker wave

 

[Rene]

Gulfstream was also a bidder on the contract that resulted in the X-59 at the link I posted above. You might also look at the 'quiet spike' research they flew on one of Dryden's F-15s. There is also research and testing being conducted outside the US. I get that you don't like Boom, that's fine, but the technology has merit (and interest).

Nauga,
and a sneaker wave

Some dislike it, but thanks to AI, I now know all about the X-59 project. Quite interesting, has a quaint, "retro" look.

 

[Gordon Freeman]

I hate to say it, but Boom will end-up like Lillium - filing for bankrupcy. A whole lotta huff and puff, and nothing more. Sonic boom will limit their routes, fuel burn and maintenance will yield astronomical ticket prices. All this to sit in a cramped cabin while saving an hour or two off your flight? Not happening. Today's luxury air travel relies on large, airy cabins, and lay-flat seating with the privacy of a suite. No room for any of that in this narrow tube of a cabin. Boom is good at one thing though, burning through their VC funding faster than the speed of sound.

 

[X3 Skier]

Boom is good at one thing though, burning through their VC funding faster than the speed of sound.

Knowing the CEO of Boom, I would say it’s at a Hypersonic rate. And VC’s ain’t the only suckers.

 

[Domenick]

I thought Boom was a noteworthy technical accomplishment, but ...

My prediction is Boom will eventually modify its business plan to target the bizjet market. You only need to accommodate 4-6 passengers and target the billionaire-ish class (>500M). How much do they spend on luxury yachts they only use a few days a year?

Sometime after that, they will file for bankruptcy.

 

[Rene]

I need to get into this whole promising wonders with other people's money gig. It's gotta be easier than warming up the oil in sleeping Champs and hauling them out of the hangar on a Sunday morning.

My first "product" will instantly increase your airplane's cruise and top speed by 60 to 85 %.

My secret? I just replace this:
or this:

With this:


Now, who has $4,000,000 to invest?

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

I need to get into this whole promising wonders with other people's money gig. It's gotta be easier than warming up the oil in sleeping Champs and hauling them out of the hangar on a Sunday morning.

My first "product" will instantly increase your airplane's cruise and top speed by 60 to 85 %.

My secret? I just replace this:
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With this:
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Now, who has $4,000,000 to invest?

Not gonna work behind he shock wave....