Inside The Airbus Flying Doughnut

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"Among the thousands of patent applications filed by Airbus, there are occasionally some that stand out. The ‘flying donut’ is one such design. This flying wing-shaped aircraft would feature a spheroid passenger cabin, with a void in the middle for boarding and disembarkation... "

 

What on Earth is the ‘flying donut’?

 

Read more:

 

https://simpleflying.com/airbus-flying-doughnut/

 

@New World Explorer - I thought of you when I read this...

 

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Edited September 18, 2020 by Maʹher-shalʹal-hash-baz

[Katty]

It seems like the shape is an incomplete Torus.
Ah the Torus, the sexy curvy shape of a donut.


there are so many great properties of this shape, that I'm sure @Ferbcould do a way better job of explaining than I can.

[New World Explorer]

Someone mentioned...donut? 

 

Flying donuts? This even exceeds my imagination LOL 

1 hour ago, Maʹher-shalʹal-hash-baz said:

New World Explorer - I thought of you when I read this...

Any particular reason? LOL 

[Thesauron]

People tend not to really want to travel backwards...

[Katty]

6 hours ago, Thesauron said:

People tend not to really want to travel backwards...

I'm not sure the bigger problem would be the direction you're travelling in, so much as, when the plane ascends, or descends, the center of gravity might be felt pulling you down from the front of you or even at an angle, rather than from the back--while ascending-- on a typical plane. That must be rather disorienting feeling.

[Thesauron]

I'm not sure the bigger problem would be the direction you're travelling in, so much as, when the plane ascends, or descends, the center of gravity might be felt pulling you down from the front of you or even at an angle, rather than from the back--while ascending-- on a typical plane. That must be rather disorienting feeling.

Perhaps, but the direction of travel is important. When ideas for self driving cars were presented mid 1900s, some designers felt you could design a seating area where travellers could sit and have a chat face to face. Even though self driving cars are coming, we will not be sitting face to face. Such ideas have been scrapped.

[Dustparticle]

12 hours ago, Katty said:

I'm not sure the bigger problem would be the direction you're travelling in, so much as, when the plane ascends, or descends, the center of gravity might be felt pulling you down from the front of you or even at an angle, rather than from the back--while ascending-- on a typical plane. That must be rather disorienting feeling.

Back to the drawing board? Flying saucers was being built over 70 years ago. Military only knows it is still being used.

[EccentricM]

On 9/18/2020 at 5:21 PM, Thesauron said:

People tend not to really want to travel backwards...

 

On 9/19/2020 at 9:19 AM, Thesauron said:

Perhaps, but the direction of travel is important. When ideas for self driving cars were presented mid 1900s, some designers felt you could design a seating area where travellers could sit and have a chat face to face. Even though self driving cars are coming, we will not be sitting face to face. Such ideas have been scrapped.

Our buses here have seats that face backwards, and I've seen plenty people use them. Though a lot of people just put their feet up on them (which isn't very respectful as you get mud on all sorts on them, and others have to sit on it).

Edited September 24, 2020 by EccentricM

[Thesauron]

Our buses here have seats that face backwards, and I've seen plenty people use them. Though a lot of people just put their feet up on them (which isn't very respectful as you get mud on all sorts on them, and others have to sit on it).

Yes, we have such buses here as well, but if given a choice, most people would not travel backwards. It is not the seat of choice for most people, I believe.

[EccentricM]

2 hours ago, Thesauron said:

Yes, we have such buses here as well, but if given a choice, most people would not travel backwards. It is not the seat of choice for most people, I believe.

Yeah, everytime I was on those seats I'd sit sideways or look behind me, ha.