Those futuristic passenger capable drones look more promising than this Avro Car resurrection idea. First off, the military applications are limited due to armament issues (you gotta keep the bottom for lift fans) and as a transporter, there's not much room either unless they expand that "cockpit". Probably won't be cheaper than those passenger drones already being prototyped in China.
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PiSigma
"the engineer"
What? The largest plane got 16 seats in a row, obviously for economy... So it's meant to fly Transocean across Pacific.
Skywatcher
Captain
Also, the fan diameter seems to be 3-4m, which puts the widebody MTOW into 777 territory.
Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2019 shows a Xinzhou-60 aircraft for remote sensing in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. China's aircraft maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry Co. (XAC) has delivered two high-performance Xinzhou-60 aircraft for remote sensing to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for aerial observation missions. Ding Yaxiu, chief designer of the aircraft, said the aerial observation aircraft is adapted from the Xinzhou-60 aircraft developed by the company to better address the demand of carrying different functional equipment for diversified observation purposes. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
PeoplesPoster
Junior Member
西北工业大学专家设计的中国未来翼身融合大飞机.
A large blended wing body concept from Northwestern Polytechnical University.
Maintenance nightmare with the overwing engine placement.