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03-19-2012, 06:47 PM
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Busemann's Quiet Supersonic Biplane
 A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in use today, the researcher's concept supersonic aircraft introduces a second wing which it is claimed cancels the shockwaves generated by objects near or beyond the sound barrier. In fact the idea is not a new one. The idea of a biplane to negate the sonic boom was proposed in the 1930s by aviation pioneer Adolf Busemann, also responsible for the idea of swept-wing aircraft. Kind of neat, here is the rest of the article: http://www.gizmag.com/boomless-biplane/21871/ 
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03-19-2012, 07:05 PM
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There is a lot of those kind of stupid projects with nice CGI graphics.
Seems some are trying to hook up the foolish investor by this way. I still don't know wht to think abt it. Does it tell us something abt what engineering has become in the early 21st century ? Or is it our economy tht is led by childish and imature choice ? Interstingly, the mid 30's where full of this kind of "revolutionary" projects wich were debated for some even on top of the minister. Have a look there to see more on the same trend: http://www.mechanicaldesignforum.com...d-a-half-hours by the way instead of MiSoRa they shld hve call it MiToRA Last edited by TomcatViP; 03-19-2012 at 07:24 PM.
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