China entered the race to open the new golden age of the supersonic airplane with plans to build a new plane, which could supplant the one that was the most famous of the supersonic aircraft, Concord, taken from circulation in 2003.
According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Chinese commercial aviation corporation China (Mosquito) revealed plans for C949 – A stream capable of reaching the speed of Mach 1.6 (Mach 1.0 represents the speed of sound), then fly further and faster than agree, referring to the recent academic article.
According to the document, the project was aimed at increasing Concorde consent by 50% and was conceived that the aircraft flew as quietly as the noise level.
To this end, the body of the aircraft will be curved, which will weaken the waves of shock, slowing down the cruel explosions that can be made by an airplane, the SCMP article says.
Reducing the noise level is a way for the aircraft to try to get around regulatory barriers that prohibit supersonic flights, SCMP continues.
Then Euronews tries to independently verify these statements by contacting the academic magazine, which published conclusions, as well as COMAC, but did not receive a response until the time of publication.
Other supersonic aircraft in the project
A AgreementThe Anglo-French supersonic aircraft, which first flew on a test flight in 1969, made about 50,000 flights to the British company Airways within 26 years of career.
The aircraft with a maximum speed of the Mach 2.04 (about 2180 km/h) had a flight time in New York with less than 3.5 hours, and not the usual 8 hours of subsonic flight.
Since the removal of Concorde in 2003, there is no non -unit supersonic aircraft, but there are other supersonic projects, such as X-59one joint venture between NASA And the American manufacturer Lockhid MartinField
According to reactive designers, the plane flies at an altitude of 55,000 feet (more than 16,700 m) and produces a sound equivalent to the car door.
The X-59 is designed to move at the speed of the MACH 1.4 (about 1730 km/h), slower than the agreement, and offered by the Chinese C949.
In March, NASA announced that the X-59 successfully passed the engine speed control, the last step before the first flight, which is expected to take place at the end of this year.
“We needed to make sure that the speed control worked not only in the engine itself, but also in the framework of the entire aviation system,” says Paul Dis, Vice-Leader X-59 in a study of the NASA Armstrong flight.
“This test confirmed that all components – software, mechanical connections and management laws – work together, as expected.”
Private company Supermine boom wants to quit his supersonic plane, OvertureUntil the end of the decade.
On the first test flight XB-1 inJanuaryThe plane flew up to 1,207 km/ha, with a height of more than 35,000 feet (10,600 m) and managed to land without a sodium accident, according to the company.
The overture has already increased commercial interest, and the boom signed agreements with United AirlinesIN American Airlines and Japan Airlines deliver the plane as soon as it meets the necessary security standards.
The European Commission financed several projects to study noise reduction and impact on the environmental impact of supersonic flights, such as the Rumble 2022 project, the SENECA 2020 project and less and less the project.