Since then, we have done more than 26 million core hours of simulation, iterated to over fifty design cycles, and confirmed our design with five wind tunnel tests. On the reasons for the redesign, Blake Scholl says: “The design that you have seen and love is actually over five years old. No new Maximum Take-Off Weight has been given, but it was 77.111 kilograms/170.000 pounds. Maximum altitude and speed are unchanged at 60.000 feet and Mach 1.7. The range of 7.870 kilometers/4.250-4.888 nautical miles is still 4.250nm. The wingspan was 18 meters/60 feet but is now 32.3 meters/106 feet. The original Overture was 62 meters/205 feet long, this has been slightly reduced to 201 feet. T his is the original version of the Overture with United livery. This will not only lead to more aerodynamic efficiency but also to a better passenger experience”, said Blake Scholl. “This means we have made the fuselage a bit bigger at the front and a little bit skinnier at the back. The new version is designed using the aerodynamic principles of area-ruling, in which the cross-section varies along the length of the aircraft. There is no longer an engine at the back of the fuselage. The cockpit is positioned in a slightly higher up position compared to the cabin. There is a horizontal tailplane at the back, not dissimilar to that on a Phantom fighter aircraft. The wing morphs gently into the fuselage, which has smaller and squarer windows. The new version of the Overture, with four engines under gull-wings, and a separate horizontal tailplane. The wing is twenty percent more efficient than the previous design.
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For example, the new Overture no longer has a full delta wing, but a swept and contoured, high-aspect ratio, gull-wing with ‘blunt’ wing tips. In fact, the new version in a way resembles the Boeing XB-47 Stratojet that was designed in 1947 and later evolved into the Boeing Dash 8.
Two engines were positioned under each wing, with a third one in the tailplane.īoom has thrown that concept out of the window on the new Overture. The original 65-88 seater Overture had a delta wing very similar to that on Concorde, with a needle-shaped nose and no tailplane. The new design has been unveiled at a press conference at the Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday. From the Concorde look-a-like that was unveiled in late 2016/early 2017, Overture has now changed the overall aerodynamic concept.
FULLY UPDATED – Boom Supersonic has radically redesigned the Overture passenger aircraft.
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