This lecture discusses envisaged advanced concepts across the speed range including VTOL converticars (personal air transportation), advanced subsonic and supersonic long haul transports, hypersonic transports, and developments/applications of flow control technology. In most cases, these concepts and approaches offer at least the potential of 100 percent improvements in various performance metrics and, in some cases, far more. Special emphasis is given to advanced VTOL configurations which may offer simultaneous opportunities for mitigation of both drag-due-to-lift and wake vortex hazard and to synergistic propulsive and aerodynamic interactions. The lecture concludes that a virtual revolution in the civilian aeronautical world is conceivable as a result of technology maturation in several areas which could enable the exploitation of 'end-point' designs.


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    Title :

    Far term visions: The frontiers of the responsibly imaginable


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    Publication date :

    1996-02-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English