Idea 1: Virtually Transparent Aircraft
I proposed a feature in our aircraft in aircraft design course that man always dreamed of flying like birds then if we make their dream come true aircraft passenger will be happier. So Why not make the aircraft transparent or virtually transparent?
Feedback - The requirement may not be possible as there may not be such materials available which are transparent, light and strong enough to be a part of fulselage walls. But there are some research going on aircraft which do not appear transparent from outside but they give feel of transparency. For Boeings newproject blended wing aircraft (BWA) all passenger can not sit near window and there are FAR rules that oppose this. They are trying to project image of outside with cameras on the walls of aircraft but it is still in experimental stage.
Feedback - The requirement may not be possible as there may not be such materials available which are transparent, light and strong enough to be a part of fulselage walls. But there are some research going on aircraft which do not appear transparent from outside but they give feel of transparency. For Boeings newproject blended wing aircraft (BWA) all passenger can not sit near window and there are FAR rules that oppose this. They are trying to project image of outside with cameras on the walls of aircraft but it is still in experimental stage.
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ReplyDeleteVirtually Transparent Aircraft - July 2010
I don't know if I had written this article before nevertheless We had to come with stakeholder's requirement for our Aircraft in Aircraft Design Project. Well after discussing all Basic and FAR requirements I gave Idea to make Transparent Aircraft
My explanation was "We know from History that flying was one of the oldest human dreams. Now we can fly but we are bounded by walls. We nurtured the dream of flying by watching birds. Thinking how Independent they are? so to take a step in direction to converge our dream and aircraft, We should remove the walls that create the feeling of boundedness"
But the idea was discarded due to high cost and little knowledge yet I presented the same Idea in front of Prof.
The answer was almost similar but in detail-
The idea is good but Our country have still not made a complete passenger aircraft (All parts including engine) then our focus should be on making a complete aircraft. We even the world have not (yet) discovered a cheap enough transparent, strong and light material that can be used in aircraft.
The answer was satisfactory, I asked "Then what about virtually transparent aircraft?"
answer - "Yes! It is possible and may be some industries are working on same Idea".
After one year I saw this link and smiled - :)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2003052/Airbus-unveil-transparent-plane-flying-come-2050.html