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Miscellaneous => Off-topic forum => Topic started by: Kadachiman on February 19, 2014, 01:42:36 PM

Title: To increase fuel efficiency is the next step - Commercial Jets without windows?
Post by: Kadachiman on February 19, 2014, 01:42:36 PM

Interesting article

http://www.news.com.au/technology/design/luxury-private-jet-ditches-windows-for-giant-live-streaming-screens/story-fnjwubd2-1226831603552

Title: Re: To increase fuel efficiency is the next step - Commercial Jets without windows?
Post by: ArcherII on February 19, 2014, 01:59:37 PM

More like bow window than no windows lol

Title: Re: To increase fuel efficiency is the next step - Commercial Jets without windows?
Post by: Infinity on February 19, 2014, 06:32:00 PM

Next big thing will be all-electric aircraft with superconducting propulsion. Anything else happening until then is just a minor tweak.

Title: Re: To increase fuel efficiency is the next step - Commercial Jets without windows?
Post by: LemonButt on February 19, 2014, 07:55:15 PM

Quote from: saftfrucht on February 19, 2014, 06:32:00 PM

just a minor tweak.

If fly-by-wire gets replaced by wireless, this would eliminate a significant amount of weight and increase fuel efficiency.  However, wireless would probably always have wire for redundancy, so not sure we'll ever see wireless.