Vance wrote:

As noted the use of ducts is more wish craft - the

basic
plane is pretty clean, and with a conventional drive system might be

close

to 300mph with an engine that was 270 hp at sea level, and he might
possibly get 30 mpg at an economy cruise - I am sure the NXT could
come close to that - try your X-sim with those kind of optimistic
assumption- but it won't happen! - so sleep well - Vance

Mark Wrathall wrote:

The NXT comparision is a good one. NXT had the benefit of some of Lockheeds
best and brightest minds and software tools to optimise the airframe drag.
This guy has just drawn a shape which is pretty. Could be low drag, could be
an interference drag nightmare. I hope he gets the thing flying. It would be
a pretty cool looking aircraft. As long as he doesn't dupe anyone of of
there money, I wish him well (in his little bubble of a world where the laws
of physics are obviously a little kinder than in ours :)

Mark Wrathall

 
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