JetZero’s Futuristic Blended Wing Jetliner Cleared for Test Flights

JetZero’s blended wing body demonstrator aircraft has received an airworthiness certification from the Federal Aviation Administration.

This scaled down Pathfinder demonstrator aircraft features a 7 meter wingspan which is 12.5% the size of the full aircraft.

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[fredferd]

If you stalled that thing, it looks like both engines would face air starvation and flame out...the airflow being blocked out by the fuselage body itself. Airplanes do hit rough air, you know.

[nirjharbhatnaagar]

...One thought is that ...if hydrogen cells or fuel is introduced ..why not use the water in the upper atmosphere or clouds....as they are already much refined and purified as a fuel source and mix it with rapid generation of hydrogen and pass it through sub ramjet style fuel injection and burning systems for efficiency and super long range. ...I love this stuff.
My greetings to you for showing us this amazing developments.
~Regards and Namaste~

[ASYoutube]

Contact Deltaburn. They can make any turbofan engine greater than BPR 2.3 use 30% less fuel, without making a BWB aircraft....

[JustaPilot]

Does anyone really want to be ~60 feet from the centerline in a turn? NO. That is one of the reasons, among others, this concept has been rejected for passenger travel by airlines and manufacturers.
Edit. Up to 80 feet from the centerline

[yukon]

The reason production airliner haven't changed planform is THEY WORK. Flat fuselages are impossible to pressurize, fuselage
mounted engines are succeptable to airflow disruption, compressor stall and ice ingestion. They are also difficult to inspect and maintain between flights. Emergency exits are problematic, and window seats are scarce. 50 percent fuel reduction? Doubt it.

[davecooper]

I remember seeing flying wings being tested in the 1950s. If they weren’t viable then why would they be now.

[CanadianSmoke]

Ah... malodorous... my favourite description of humans.

[ThePope]

It's about time this concept is being built by JetZero and Northrop Grumman. It'll be great for the military but it's way too expensive and unstable for the passenger airline and air cargo industry. There is another. See patent D984, 353. Simpler, cheaper to produce and stable, this design is much more practical. The BWB is great as a larger, military transport with stealth capability. The airline/cargo industry can't afford and doesn't need this complexity, instability or impracticality for smaller airframes. See research on the LFC (Lifting Fuselage Configuration) by Reist/University of Toronto.

[alfaeco]

Not easy or cheap to get a window seat

[wildsnaturalwoodworks]

cut running costs for the airline....price hikes in prices for ticket because why not they do it all the time for no reason.

[JB-grom]

Hydrogen… let’s name the new plane the Hindenburg 😂

[Cat]

If there was a prize for an aircraft uglier than an A380 this would win it.