Meet the Sky Whale

[Pi1otguy]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/travel/sky-whale-future-of-flying/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

A triple-decker 755 passenger plane that does STOL. Is there something I'm missing that makes this thing flyable?

 

[Seanaldinho]

JATO?

 

[Pi1otguy]

4 turbines rotated down for "harrier style takeoff".

 

[Seanaldinho]

This can only go well.

 

[roncachamp]

A triple-decker 755 passenger plane that does STOL. Is there something I'm missing that makes this thing flyable?

Is Paul Moller involved in this?

 

[docmirror]

No problem. All I see is money. Money, money, money will make it fly. Gar-on-teed 'mericun.

"In an emergency, the wings would break into smaller pieces and separate from the fuselage, helping to reduce damage to the passenger sections."

lol

 

[ClimbnSink]

And it is a plug in hybrid.

 

[MAKG1]

A triple-decker 755 passenger plane that does STOL. Is there something I'm missing that makes this thing flyable?

Dilithium crystals and the warp field generator.

It's relatively easy to "design" vapor using technologies that don't actually exist.

 

[Jim Logajan]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/travel/sky-whale-future-of-flying/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

A triple-decker 755 passenger plane that does STOL. Is there something I'm missing that makes this thing flyable?

It was drawn by an "Oscar Viñals" whose only technical qualifications appear to be as a graphic designer.

So all technical details are missing.

 

[frfly172]

The more people you can carry the better . How often can you fly full? Sometimes more is not always better.

 

[FormerHangie]

Why does it need to be STOL?

 

[Fearless Tower]

I think I like the looks of the Douglas Whale much better.

 

[Old Geek]

Is there something I'm missing that makes this thing flyable?

What's missing that makes it unflyable is the name "Boeing", "Airbus", or possibly "Antonov".

 

[kyleb]

Why does it need to be STOL?

C'mon. Everyone knows that if you're gonna design vaporware, why not make it VTOL while you're at it?

 

[Art VanDelay]

I think I like the looks of the Douglas Whale much better.

Yeah, I was expecting to see a pic of the A-3 too !

 

[poadeleted21]

C'mon. Everyone knows that if you're gonna design vaporware, why not make it VTOL while you're at it?

Perhaps they'll partner with Moller to market and produce it.

 

[Katamarino]

Up to 755 passengers could be accommodated, across three decks, each for a different "class" of traveler.

In an emergency the doors to the lower decks could be locked to allow the first class passengers to escape first...will their be enough lifeboats for all on board, I wonder?

 

[Dav8or]

Perhaps they'll partner with Moller to market and produce it.

It makes sense. He is the leading expert in vaporware. He has perfected the art. He absolutely should be on this team of cutting edge pioneers.

 

[steingar]

Nice painting.

 

[Art VanDelay]

Quite simply it will never be. Not so much because of tech hurdles but for the simple reason that something that wide just takes up too much gate space. Almost as scarce as ocean front property, there's only so much of it, it's very valuable and heavily guarded.

 

[MAKG1]

Why does it need to be STOL?

Because that supertanker will treat 12000 feet as "short."