Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
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Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
Surely a joke?
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
Why would it be a joke?
I'm not an aerospace engineer, but that shape/form seems to appear enough (spy planes?). It seems to me it provides a lot of "wing" surface, therefore probably good fuel usage and may even glide better, or run on one engine if need to.
...and if well done you can hold gladiator shows during the flight
I'm not an aerospace engineer, but that shape/form seems to appear enough (spy planes?). It seems to me it provides a lot of "wing" surface, therefore probably good fuel usage and may even glide better, or run on one engine if need to.
...and if well done you can hold gladiator shows during the flight
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
I think Smiffy is talking about the seat configuration. Lifting body and flying wing designs are about as old as the aeroplane itself.
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
ysu wrote: I'm not an aerospace engineer
Wait, what?
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
Yep, the seating configuration is what made me go WTF? All that plane for a handful or seats set in a circle. I hope it doesn't have windows, because that would be seriously unsettling to fly in.
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
What I meant in my absolutely layman terms is that I've no education nor experience in designing or manufacturing aircrafts.SE1Z wrote:ysu wrote: I'm not an aerospace engineer
Wait, what?
Sorry if I've used the wrong term, feel free to correct me, as you might know, English isn't my mother tongue.
Ah ok, yeah it's a bit funny. But I guess there's a reason - possibly structural?smithcorp wrote:Yep, the seating configuration is what made me go WTF? All that plane for a handful or seats set in a circle. I hope it doesn't have windows, because that would be seriously unsettling to fly in.
And really, you can run a G20 summit or a small circus very well in there
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
It'd be fun to run through the patents that have been lodged over the years that have never been built.
"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!"
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
ysu wrote:What I meant in my absolutely layman terms is that I've no education nor experience in designing or manufacturing aircrafts.SE1Z wrote:ysu wrote: I'm not an aerospace engineer
Wait, what?
Sorry if I've used the wrong term, feel free to correct me, as you might know, English isn't my mother tongue.
My attempt at humour has obviously failed.
I figured nobody here on the forum was an aerospace engineer and that it didn't need to be pointed out....
Carry on.
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
Hey! My research was an aerospace engineering thesis!
But I only know about auto-rotating seeds...
I lol'd at your joke by the way.
But I only know about auto-rotating seeds...
I lol'd at your joke by the way.
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
Is this a chat-up line?DexterPunk wrote:Hey! My research was an aerospace engineering thesis!
But I only know about auto-rotating seeds...
Hello darling, I've got auto-rotating seeds.
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
I roflmfao!!pixelboy wrote:I also lol'd
well, not really, just a little chuckle.
balls & boobs. . .
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Re: Airbus doughnut - someone's having a laugh
More surface area for solar panels. They could solve the window issue by making it glass bottomed