File:NASA N3-X hybrid wing aircraft.jpg
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English: This idea for a possible future aircraft is called a "hybrid wing body" or sometimes a blended wing body. In this design, the wing blends seamlessly into the body of the aircraft, which makes it extremely aerodynamic and holds great promise for dramatic reductions in fuel consumption, noise and emissions.
NASA develops concepts like these to test in computer simulations and as models in wind tunnels to prove whether the possible benefits would actually occur. This NASA concept, called the "N3-X," uses a number of superconducting electric motors to drive the distributed fans to lower the fuel burn, emissions, and noise. The power to drive these electric fans is generated by two wing-tip mounted gas-turbine-driven superconducting electric generators. |
| Source | http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/future_airplane_gallery23.html (direct link) |
| Author | NASA |
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