Vote for the X-59 – The Coolest Thing Made in California! The X-59 is a experimental aircraft that represents the future of commercial aviation. Starting today, on National Aviation Day, we have the opportunity to celebrate this unique achievement by voting for the X-59 in the "Coolest Thing Made in California" contest. Voting starts today and continues through September 12. If you are inspired to join our cause, you can cast up to five votes per device, per day – all of which can go towards the X-59. Developed by our Skunk Works? team in collaboration with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the X-59 is designed to address one of the most significant challenges in commercial aviation today: the sonic boom. This first of its kind aircraft separates shock waves at supersonic speeds, transforming the disruptive sonic boom into a gentler sonic thump. This breakthrough could one day allow us to fly to our destinations in half the time. Together, let’s propel the X-59 to victory and showcase California’s rich aerospace heritage. Vote here: https://lnkd.in/g6s2Dw3A
Nodar Chincharauli
6 个月
NASA approached me several years ago for recommendations on aircraft noise suppression. I recommended 2 methods of noise suppression and NASA tested 1 method in record time, and then in 2 months they redesigned the F-15 and got positive results in cutting the shock wave into asymmetric components. But NASA was not interested in my noise suppression designs and this aircraft turned out to be expensive and with low efficiency. Too bad - we could have made a revolution in aircraft manufacturing and increased all flight characteristics of all types of aircraft by 15-35%!
Andriy Diduh
6 个月
So it’s basically a Test platform, on base design of which quieter “Concorde” can be built for fast travels ?? without issues of sonic booms above people’s heads ??
Braeden Stewart
6 个月
That would be cool. They tried it with the Concorde but it got slashed for a reason that I cannot remember
Jaime Hale
6 个月
In 2006/2007 at University of Washington College of Engineering department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, our senior design project was an aircraft very similar to this with a “duckbill” nose. It was a proof-of-concept analysis plus scale RC model, based on a modified F-18XL platform. We heard rumors afterwards that NASA decided to continue the (real) project in full-scale, and it is especially exciting to see the SkunkWorks evolution of the concept.
Kenneth Payne
6 个月
*that you can tell us about
David Bishop
6 个月
Ugly duckling compared to concorde. And decades late
Johannes Becker, PhD
6 个月
First I need to do my research on whether sliced bread was invented in California or somewhere else, that’ll determine my vote
Retired
6 个月It seems like over the last several years there has been a significant technical distortion about the aircraft from the media. I believe, Skunk Works has been somewhat complacent and not correcting why X-59 is. If...I am correct, NG flew a demonstrator that proved that there was a LO-Boom technology to reduce the impact of a sonic-boom. The X-59 technology was to fly a supersonic airplane, leveraging the NG work, then fly over populated cities and determine the tolerance for supersonic booms. That, by extension could lead to the design and development of a next generation domestic supersonic commercial airplane. John...you need to have a bit more technical integrity stating, "This first of its kind aircraft separates shock waves at supersonic speeds". Northrop Grumman demonstrated the LO-Boom technology before Skunk Works on this project. Just my perspective as the past Chief Engineer of Boeing Phantom Works.