On May 8, 5:16=A0pm, "d%g%s" wrote:
> On 5/8/2008 3:11 PM auzpig ignored two million years of human evolution
> to write:
>
> > I remember years ago seeing pics of so-called 'revolutionary' new
> > props in old copies of Popular Science [or Popular Mechanics] that had
> > radically curved props replacing the turbofans of DC9s etc. =A0Of course=
> > the propellors were 'pusher-props' on extended pylons further out from
> > the fuselage. =A0Anyone remember what the consenus of that idea was,
> > then and now?
> > Was the idea even feasible?
>
> I think this provides what you're looking for:
>
> =
>
> Interesting reading, and perhaps a bit ironic.
> --
> dgs
Thanks, very informative reading. Kinda makes one wonder why the UDF
engine isn't talked about now with oil at $125/bbl. You'd think
Boeing, NASA & EADS would be hailing this as the 'next generation'. of
aircraft. It can't just be the noise factor. |