Boom: The Future of Supersonic Flight?
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Hello, Real Engineering. :D
I don't even have to watch the video and will still like it. That's how good they are.
I invented. In my head. A high altitude, multi-mach jet. The idea is relatively simple and obviously I am being ignored.
This is the idea. Use a completely full hydrogen balloon tethered to the aircraft with a suction tube going from the balloon into the jet. As the craft rises the balloon will want to expand. Instead of letting the balloon expand and bursting the balloon the tube going into the craft from the balloon is connected to a electric compressor onboard compressing the hydrogen sucked in from the balloon. The compressor is powered by a P.roton E.xchange M.embrane (hydrogen fuel cell). The P.E.M. also powers the onboard production of hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide used for the exothermic jet which powers the jet engine.
I invented this idea all by my lonesome. I get 700 dollars a month disability so I think I will patent and produce a prototype.
Hi, maybe you would be interested in looking up the Sabre engine - British under development rocket-jet hybrid engine. Just a curious thing.
When he mentioned the sea plane, i thought for a quick second the sea plane broke the the sound barrier! Then he went on about the jet fighters lol
a dhc 2 beaver floatplane broke the sound barrier on june 3, 1230
Juan Ramos same! 😂
I think we all did lol i was like no way!
Me too
haha same i was like uh, wot?
"It worked in Kerbal Space Program"
Joseph Jobo Licayan nice
Looool
Just about to build the concorde jet in ksp
Everything works in kerbal space program if you try hard enough
The future of supersonic jets is clearly in faring occlusion and engine clipping
Naming your airplane company BOOM is just irresponsible...
Its just perfect
Jarl Ballin' how
Oh my days, wow, wow.
Rubeeno80 Battlefield and r6siege allahu akbar *boom*
I think Kerbals had something to do with it.
United just announced they bought 50 of these incredible aircraft
Flights for the billionaires and you celebrate.
It really depends, yes it won’t be a common option but I feel like it would serve a decent market.
I do believe this will trickle down.
"Boom!, How cool is that?"
-Taras Kul
"Boom!, How cool is that?"
-Osama Bin Ladin
Wooohhhhh
Aimanoogamer Gamer oh *okay*
this is just perfect
In Sydney, Australia there is a gift shop called Kaboom! at the airport....
i love plens
Ikarim plens?
Ikarim me too 😉
me too luv plens
@Angel :^)
wut iff plen step on snek?
Rarely get the chance to hear a Supersonic Boom for ourselves?
Believe me, you don't want to hear it very often.
I was growing up in one of the seven low flight areas in West Germany in the 70s and 80s, and on the sunny day there was always a good chance that you got a visit by the jets of the Luftwaffe, the RAF or the USAF, flying a few hundert meters above your village for training.
A low flying jet is quit loud, but when the jets create a supersonic boom directly above you the house is shaking. And quite often it isn't just BOOM, but BOOMBOOM because the nose and the tail of the plane produce different shockwaves.
mario27171 Certainly rattle the dishes don't they, I've heard dozens as a child.
But at 10,000+ meters altitude, the sonic boom would be much less of a problem. I'm guessing it might sound comparable to a typical thunder clap? This estimate says it might be similar to the sound of a trumpet at 0.5 meters from the ear. aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/17661/can-a-sonic-boom-produced-at-60-000-be-heard-on-the-ground
John still too loud.
My house was passed over while space shuttles took off from California. We’d all get outside and put on earmuffs, and cheer when the boom hit. It’s one of my best memories and why I tried to go into aerospace engineering.
Dashiell Gillingham that’s crazy bro! Are you and aerospace engineer now?
Have you made a video on the SR71 Blackbird? If not I would really love one.
I'm not sure if there is anything more to say about that plane. He already did a video on stealth (B-2 Spirit) and on supersonic flight (this).
bullshit. there is a lot to say about sr71 ..and the challenges that they faced making it. sr71 is unmatched..deserves a video
I'd like to see his take on turboramjet engines (like the SR-71's J-58) and if they might become viable if this concept of a supersonic commercial arliner catches on.
That actually is a good idea. He could talk about experimental Scramjet-powered aircraft (like the X-43), too
Mr_NarwhaL and XP-55 and pusher engines in general.
BOOM! Airlines
you know you want it...
isn't it "Ya'll don't really want it now."?
Safety is the #1 priority
Made by arabs!
ALLAH AKBAR! airlines
FACT: Brilliantly engineered and aerodynamic supersonic aeroplanes always look incredibly beautiful.
FACT: So are you
FACT: All of the above is true
The comment above me is wrong
Unless they are a Tupolev 144
sure would be a thing of beauty if they manage to actually build one.
Let's hope they do! Even if it is a failure like its predecessor.
Lets hope it doesnt fail
Well guess what. They have a working XP-1 😳, they rolled it out too, not only that but Aerion AS2 is getting a test flight in 2021 😳. People say it was impossible but look now
And now they have partnered with United.
@@p_d_a_trfs6585 and aerion is out of business lol
Super sonic flights sounds like a good idea, but in order for the company to be successful they have to make more routes.
agree, transpacific is very
Yeah no airline would want to buy one plane for just one or two routes.
British Airways made a fortune flying Concorde between London and New York. It used to account for 20% of all their profits.
The Centalist
I disagree that supersonic flight is a "good" idea. Good engineering and good ideas are not necessarily the same thing. Regardless, this might be commercially viable in a very limited sense. Probably for the best that it stays very rare-it is less efficient and much more expensive than subsonic flight.
+Tom Johnson - Very true. In fact, you can push it further still, because from about Mach 2, ramjets start being feasible, and they are unbelievably efficient since they don't have to expend any of their energy on rotating compressor blades. Of course ramjets become horrendously inefficient below about Mach 1.5 and they can't even produce thrust below about Mach 0.6, so you'd need a secondary engine for takeoff and landing, but if you could have a plane with a turbofan to get it up to speed, only to then switch off and pass its duties to a ramjet, that could be a very efficient supersonic plane. Regulators probably wouldn't be exstatic about the idea of routinely switching engines on and off mid-flight, but efficiency-wise, it would be a winner.
“If the first flight of the XB-1 next year”
3 years ago- but here we are, XB-1 was just rolled out, and maiden flight is happening next year. This really is starting to become a reality. Even if it takes a bit of time.
This aged well.
@@RK-252 what happened?
Love your musical intro and how it starts as a hi-lo siren tone and goes to a relaxing sound. And I absolutely love anything engineering related. Subscribing
Intercept a float plane. I'm dying at the thought of an F-15 intercepting a float Cessna
That's America mate
Concorde was adjusting its center of gravity for supersonic flight by balancing the fuel from rear to front depending on flight domain, and one of the main challenge for full scale plane is skin temperature increase and the stress/fatigue for compound that form the fuselage (about 10 inches changes in the length due dilatation for Concorde)
It was amazingly cute to hear someone who still says “smoothéd” (two syllables) instead of “smoothed” (one syllable). It was as if - just for a moment, for some reason of your own - you’d decided to switch to Early Modern English during your discussion of airplanes.
Well they just showed a United contract
@Real Engineering Thank you for helping me to make a PWS(profiel werk stuk) aka a small thesis for high school and it helped me pass my last year before going to college the vids that helped me where why are wings angled backwards,wright brothers didnt invent flight and i made my practical side with a wind tunnel and a scale of a plane with movable wings to explain how to get more efficient fuel consumption at different speeds with different angles and reducing induced drag. Cheers and hope you continue this great work
Another great presentation. I really enjoyed the optics and special effects. They are a lot of work but really enhance comprehension for me. Thanks!
I was outside in Tacoma when this happened. We didn't know what it was at first. Some people ducked and covered, thinking sniper. Everyone stopped what they were doing, even traffic on I-5.
"our planes go boom"
not the best line for the company
Another GREAT video!
Your videos are configured VERY well, extremely informative, articulate and easy to understand...even for those who lack fundamental knowledge of physics and engineering.
Keep it up! I'm looking forward to your next video(s)!
I got to hear some distant sonic booms when I lived in north Florida in the 90s. The noise would thump against the outside walls of my house, and a few minutes later, CNN would announce that the Space Shuttle had landed successfully at Cape Canaveral.
Real Engineering, can you talk more about Reaction Engines or the Sabre Engine.
ive heard a sonic boom a f15 went supersonic over my college it sounded like a bomb went off in the workshop
Edward Frisby how do u know what a bomb sounds like ???
@@Kid_Legend_4_Life a bomb went off in a workshop
Your channel is fantastic! I appreciate the content!
Great video as always! Thanks!
I must admit I have my doubts about this project - Airbus ploughed $15 billion into developing the A380 (which they admit they don't think they will get back). The original concord cost well over $1 billion to develop - I do not see how a start up could fund the enormous cost of developing a new aircraft from scratch.
SpaceX did it with rockets, I don't see why Boom can't do it with jets. I'm doubtful as well but I really hope they succeed for the sake of progress in the industry.
Space rockets are developed trough trial and error, it doesn't really matter if one crashes off, and elon musk basically put a lot of money around billions of dollars in SpaceX despite never get it's money back
Developing a plane, specially a passenger supersonic plane, is difficult AF, first and all, who's gonna make their engines because with a CJ610 for their demonstrator it will be veeery hard much harder if you wanna make economic sst, because is a 60's engines
unless you decide to go to GE, Pratt&Whitney, or Saturn's house to say them to give to you an F22 engine at a discount price i doubt so much they are gonna make their objetives
If your plane with 50 passenger gets down into the sea you will have a baaad time, is just a matter of knowledge experience and resources, is the reason why the big boys have gotten bigger and the smaller boys have gotten smaller. Only Boeing, Airbus and maybe Russia and China have the capabilities to make a SST.
Concorde had massive costs because it was a lot larger and used much more expensive materials and technology. New technologies mean that it is a lot cheaper to develop and procures far cheaper materials Currently, Boom has enough funding (about $85 million the last time I checked) to complete their 1/3 scale prototype, something that would've been almost impossible financially to achieve when Concorde first flew in 1969.
I too am skeptical, for different reasons. Computer aided design and aero simulation helps, but time and time again they find that you still have to build a physical part (or entire plane) to confirm the computer simulation. Also, carbon fiber is tricky, again you have to build the part and test, test, test.
+John Of course, but with Concorde literally *everything* was wind tunnel tested and tested on proof-of-concept aircraft, namely the Fairey Delta/BAC 221, Bristol Type 188 and Handley Page HP.115. The first idea for Concorde originated in the early 1950s and it took until 1969 for the plane to fly. Boom however was started in 2014 with the first flight being in 2019; they are able to learn from 50 years of experience with supersonic flight and even Concorde's design itself. Granted design and testing can't be done completely using computer simulation, but now it is much easier and cheaper for a start-up like Boom to achieve producing an SST. The way I see it, the fact a start-up can even consider a supersonic transport in the face of Concorde's funding from two governments is a sign that they are on to something.
Obviously Boom can talk the talk but can they walk the walk? They've pushed back the first flight of their 1/3 scale prototype twice but say they have enough venture capital to complete the first plane. So it seems they are slowly beginning to walk the walk.
I flew Concorde MANY TIMES.
EVERYBODY loved it!
are you rich? how was the experience?
I've just subscribed to this channel. The stuff you talk about is so interesting that it has solidified my choice in doing engineering for a degree after my A-levels!
This is a great series to watch. With the Lockheed co. recently winning a contract to build the NASA test bed SST, it's wonderful to see the commercial SST program finally getting back on track here the U.S. I also have found historical videos by Mustard to provide a good history as to the origins of flight engineering, and why certain technologies were not used, or stopped do to economic reasons.
Great video. I learned a lot and enjoyed myself. Thanks! Your breakdown of Boom's possible routes has me thinking: in the decade and a half since Concord's last flight, the value of supersonic travel has changed dramatically. I don't have any figures, but it's easy to imagine that the improvement of global telecommunications infrastructure might have diminished the need to get across the globe and back in just a day or two for many people. I'm very interested to see how the development and introduction of Boom into the market pans out. Cheers
Nick L hi
you're Malaysian? I thought you were Irish
He's not
Lost of people don't live in the same place they're "from"
Muhammad Mirsab most likely he's just living here
He's from Congo, can't you hear?
Where did you learn that? I think he is just living there.
Thank you for making such informative and interesting videos ☺️
This channel is the definition of under rated. These videos are unbelievable. The work that must go into these is paramount I speak for all of us when I say, please keep up the great work!!
After United's Ad. I can see they succeeded.
Last time I was this early, commercial supersonic flight was still a thing.
thanks for making this video, im happy to learn through this videos
You do such a great quality. Amazing.
Can you make an update of this video? Perhaps compared to Concorde or AS2.
Love the channel!
Cheers
The Boom has been delayed and delayed and is likely dead at this point like lots of other startups.
@@rubiconnn it isn’t dead. The xp-1 was rolled out
Great video! But why doesn't anyone think about using variable geometry wings or even rely just on body lift at supersonic speeds to get the drag coefficient to the minimum?
TheSimom
The Boeing SST was one such design, but the same problems the Concorde had also plagued the SST, I think it never got off the drawing board.
$. Variable geometry wings are complicated and add weight and reliability issues.
Floating body designs may work, but for added fuel economy you'll need to go towards tailless wings. Airlines are all about operating costs. Speed on its own doesn't pay.
I just realized how much I love your logo. It's gorgeous
hey man. amazing content you have. you've earned yourself a new subscriber.
A chortled flight time would be really good for me, because of my disease I can't travel for very long.
> spends 5k for visiting grandma
+Ikarim ,hey no.. it's ONLY like 3.5k..
No Skill Just Luck but then you ve to stay at your grandmas house. its just oneway... and without tax!
Wait for 2020, then order a ticket on SpaceX's BFR to wherever you're going.
@@nullifiedrisks *orders probably million-dollar ticket to get to my friend's house*
Well this aged well
I just went wild over google searching and reading about chimes for about 2 hrs (went into much much more info) to come back, press play and have you explain them just after mentioning them. Maybe i should finish the videos before immersing myself to clear my doubts hehe.
Informative video...thanks for posting!
And now the BOOM has joined the United airlines fleet
2:58 "time is money for money people" :)
Thank you for sharing your expertise. I really like to learn that kind of stuff :)
Thank you again always learning.
A start up trying to do what the combined French & British gov'ts ultimately couldn't do is amazing. If they are not quickly profitable they go under.
Governments are absolutely awful at everything they do, best to keep your government as small and limited as possible.
I am just wondering if u have studied/ are studying aerospace engineering?
Immaculate video quality as usual, keep it up!
Great video! The amount of work you put into your videos amazes me. Its like doing a semester papers in that one video. Do you do everything by yourself?
Sorry for my poor english.
You know it's a good day when Real Engineering uploads
Who's here after watching United Airline's announcement of supersonic flights?
I actually was south of Seattle when that sonic boom happened but didnt know what it was until later. I live near JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McCord) so i hear all kinds of random aircraft and explosions. They've toned it down a bit lately but during the height of the War On Terror the war games got pretty loud, you'd hear artillery all the time.
I have a compressible aerodynamics exam in 3 weeks, a video on the area rule would be beautiful for that ! Also great video, everything was perfectly explained.
a plane named "Boom"? who's going to operate it? Malaysian Airlines?
izzad ibrahim no its called the XB-1
2017: "We could be in for a reemergence of Super-Sonic flight in the near future!"
2020: Hold My Covid
Absolutely love this channel, keep it up :)
Awesome stuff!!!! Thank you! :D
Just shows how good Concord(e) actually was when we are only just equaling it 50 years on with computers and modern space age materials. I love the Boom project but Concorde gets shat on way too much.
It wasnt practical to fly over land without shattering windows the tech just wasnt there
@@nightruler666 it was all tech numpty! only now being POSSIBLY equalled, and no doubt would be cheered in the US unlike the Concorde being us built
Hey what was the beginning song ?
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Great way to explain (easy for no engineering people to understand) and great work guys!!
I love that Baby Boom is getting so much attention lately, I am so proud after following them along on there journey for the past year that this amazing dream is coming to be a reality in less than a year!
Real Engineering how much time to you spend on videos per week, on average? And I love your content by the way, thank you so much =)
The future is nearly here and comes from 1969
+I need hot dick
I am so hyped for this new aircraft, i personally loved the way the concord looks, and having a similar one that supposedly works better is a marvel.
Really interesting video. Thank you.
Who's here after United's promo video?
wait....was this sponsored content by BOOM?
👍 exactly, could almost sense him jerking off lol
The only problem is that routes like LA-Sydney and LA-London are just outside the range of the aircraft. Then again, there are islands between the two cities with runways long enough to support Boom aircraft, such as the Azores and Hawaii. Routes which stop here could still be faster than conventional flying, but with a refueling stop.
i live in Palmdale Ca, next to Edwards air force base and it is one of the few places were super sonic flight is allowed at over i think 9,000 ft. About once every two weeks you can feel and hear the sonic boom.
What sound does a Concorde make when it crashes?
Boom.
What sound does a Boom make when it crashes?
Concorde.
tbh im more excited for the rival "skadoosh" airline
Boom is located at Centennial Airport here in Englewood, Colorado. It's just down the street from my work. I was at the airport taking photos last week, and they had the garage doors open, I saw the concept jet from the rear with 3 openings at the back for the engines. Pretty cool.
I remember when that happened in Seattle area. I happened to be outside and saw the jets well before hearing the boom
Still some concerns:
How is it going to take off without flaps? Use ailerons as flaps and use canards for the pitch or so? Or are they just taking off at a higher speed? Next question: afterburners or longer runways?
If the solution to problems is "just use carbon fiber", then that sounds quite stupid. Firstly because Carbon fibre is more expensive, so good luck making the plane cheaper. Then carbon fiber is not always the best option, sometimes glassfiber gives your better performance. Carbon fiber is used as a marketing thing way too often, I mean carbon fiber inlays on your dashboard don't serve any purpose, and still people buy it. So any time you hear someone talking about carbon fiber you should be thinking: is carbon really the best option or is it some more marketing BS. And then for racing cars carbon fiber is a preferable choice because of it's stiffness, that's not something you need in an airliner flying in a straight line. Saying "it's better, cuz it's carbon fiber" means you're an engineering noob, real engineers should mention the reason why they made that choice.
6:30 Yeah, just make the wings longer and narrower, drag reduction, wuhuu!! Why hasn't anyone else thought about this before? Well perhaps they have, and perhaps they thought about increased wing tip vortices. Pretty much what's more efficient at high speed is less efficient at low speeds, good luck taking off and climbing.
Then I came across this: _"Very low aspect ratio wings glide only a little better than a brick so the consequences of loosing power some distance from the runway are more serious."_ Basically once your engine's are down you need a runway to land on *right now,* not sometime you get to the coast. Good luck getting that certified.
8:02 But then: where does the kinetic energy go? I only thing I see this working is by a sort of opposite venturi-effect, where the area is increased and the speed is decreased. I mean the speed doesn't reduce on it's own. Not saying it won't work, but I'm just talking about a relatively big engine, which rakes in much space, with only a small inlet. Not to bad, but not ideal either.
8:07 Digitally _"controlled, movable"_ yeah, sounds cool, but it's overly complicated, so what if it fails? You might think: no big deal, it will just fly less efficiently. *-And run out of fuel before reaching the coastline.* You could solve this by taking more fuel with you and less passengers. And end up with too expensive flight-tickets.
Generally when doing something innovative the money you saved by the improvement are to be spend on testing and certification. Landing on a camera is not as easy as it sounds, you will have to first prove it's safe to do so. And especially in aerospace industries, finding a solution always has it's drawbacks, that's why a super innovative design could actually perform worse.
I don't want to be a hater here, but you've got to be realistic man. I would love to see a doable, thought-through, reliable design of a supersonic airliner.
The Concorde didn't have flaps it took off at high speeds and high AOA
I'm not saying that Boom can't do it, I don't think they can make it commercially viable. Dissecting that, I'm looking at the costs for Jet A which hasn't gone down at the same rate as your average petrol price. On fuel alone, the cost is going to be astronomic. Throw in the charges for flight into controlled airspace and having those pokey little Cessnas and Gulfstreams get out of the way, and you don't really have much of a customer base that can afford the flight. Then we get to maintenance, engines aren't cheap, neither are composite structures. Both require routine maintenance and inspection by someone that doesn't have his head where the sun doesn't shine. I don't think Boom is going to work.
I love your channel! Keep up the good work!
Amazing.
Very interesting to see the re-emergence of business class, sonic speed, international travel.
wouldn't you be in Tokyo late in the evening?
Brix Zigelstein time zone issues .___.
duh
Well if the business person is coming back in the same day then they’ll just return to the home time zone when they land. (Time zones across the date line are confusing)
Some facts on here are In need of checking. i.e the reasoning for Concorde finishing was mostly due to airbus and the French and the unwillingness of air france and BA to sell it to other companies ie Virgin. also you fail to mention Concorde was a result of 1950's and 1960's technology. a bit unfair to compare the two so harshly. otherwise a good video some useful information here. Also Concorde had possibly the most efficient delta Wing possible to be design in the form of the ojival delta wing boom does not have this. Also boom is a lot smaller so engineering wise is easier to create. but as said a good video but arguments isn't fully balanced.
Very Very Informative Video. Thanks!
appriciate your work bro...
The CEO of this company is Crazy Russian Hacker
Hmmm
Still kinda hard to see the market for this. Nowadays the Security Theatre means you have to check in hours before each international flight anyway, which means the flight time itself is less relevant. Even if the flight is fast, flying as an end-to-end experience is not, so for business travellers it's all about offering a nice environment in which you can get some work done and/or get some sleep. At least Boom recognise that, but it seems doubtful that enough people will pay through the nose on a regular basis to cut what amounts to only about 20% off their end-to-end travel time.
jammin023 a flight to Japan is 16 hours. it's absolutely terrible. I'm sure plenty of well off businessmen will pay for it.
Those same businessmen get business or first class seats which are basically flying hotels.
jammin023 VIP terminals dawg. I'm not sure if they are significantly faster in America like they are in many countries or if they even exist.
There are usually faster pre-check options available that frequent business fliers can take advantage of.
that's why the planes interior is an all business class seat design. as far as the airlines who purchase the aircraft (if it gets that far) I'm sure boom customers will have their own high end first class style lounge/gate area
The dream of supersonic passenger air craft once again caught in turbulence.
However, the company announced on May 21 [2021] that "in the current financial environment, it has proven hugely challenging to close on the scheduled and necessary large new capital requirements to finalize the transition of the AS2 into production."
I lived in Bodø for a few years, so I have heard a few sonic booms, but the one I remember was that of an F16 taking off with the afterburner at full blast, and let me tell you: The difference between an F16 breaking through the sound barrier at normal altitude and one breaking through the sound barrier shortly after takeoff is pretty significant.
Scrambling a small floatplane with 2 f 15 fully armed in its disposal was a bit overkill, honestly
Arief Budi Manuel maybe they thought that the float plane might kamikaze into the president who was visiting near by? Maybe, I don't know
It's not overkill, it's protocol. Whenever a plane enters a no-fly zone or enters a country's airspace without identifying itself, two fighters are always scrambled; one to fly behind the offending plane ready to shoot it out of the sky if necessary, and one to fly alongside the plane to try and communicate with its pilot.
You're right, a simple shoulder-fired missile would have sufficed. XD
an Ak-47 would had be sufficent!!!!
true but they could had used a walkie talkie to communicate with it lol
Ok Boomers
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Being personally interested in aviation, I really enjoy all these aviation focused video.
I'm surprised that you left out 1 major detal. Now, I had to re-research this before posting the rest of this. Now, I've been studying airplanes and flight since I was a kid. When I say "studing airplanes" I mean EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING ABOUT THEM you can think of INCLUDING airplane crashes, how it happened, and what the FAA FBI and NTSB said and did to try to fix it. Now I think I just entered a Mandella Effect. pilots and airplane enthusiasts. correct me if I'm wrong, and think about this before you look it up. But to my recolection and from researching everything on the Concorde including the History Channel (When it was the real History Channel) and Air disasters, and everything that was online, (before I looked it up again tonight) The Concorde had 4 crashes that were very well documented. The last Concorde crash was in France in 2000. Air France flight 4590 departed Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25th and crashed shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board including 4 people on the ground. No crashes? Lol I think not. Flight 4590 went down because a 1 foot long piece of steel or aluminum from a Douglas DC-10 fell from it's engine shortly before the Concorde taxi'd to the runway. The Concorde ran over the piece of steel or aluminum, and the piece ruptured the left fuel tank, leaking fuel as she took off. The heat generated from the engines thrust, ignited the fuel and started burning the Concorde while trying to turn around to make an emergency landing until she had no more thrust and pitched up before bellyflopping on the ground, exploding in a massive fireball killing all on board and 4 people on the ground. They should continue research on the New Supersonic passenger more before REALLY building and test flying the bird. No doubt Airplane, Helicopter, and balloon crashes are inevitible. But there are ways to make Airplanes safer. Just takes time, research, and funding. Also, I'm sorry I forgot your youtube name. But I completely fucking agree with you!!! :) The SR-71 Blackbird is the worlds most badass amazing Airplane to ever take to the skies! 2,250Mph at 86,000 Feet!! Not even the Concorde could top that shit! In an SR-71 Blackbird Documentary, they said at 2,250Mph, they went a mile a second. They also tried putting machine guns on it at one point as a test lol. The bullet was shot, flew foreward about 2 feet, then they passed the bullet as if someone ran next to you at the same speed as you, then you sprinted even faster and left him in the dust! Great video otherwise!! Keep Flying my friends! :)
A perfectly constructive reply to a well scripted, Thought out and typed comment, You clearly win the internet
Andrew Van Ornum The Concorde had 4 crashes? And you're just fucking putting out things out in your comment. Learn to space out. And, your sources are shit. ACI, mayday, geez
They fixed the problem of overpressure in the fuel tanks, the weakness of the tyres and even then it is clear that the crash was a result of external factors including the metal on the runway which could kill any plane regardless and the fact that a vital piece has been omitted from the axle that causes the plane to veer.
Concord was and is an extremely safe plane and did not deserve or need to be retired.
Honestly, this is what I love to see. Passion at its finest
Andrew Van Ornum , your math on that mile/second doesn't work out. A mile/second is 3,600 MPH. You should be able to do this simple computation in your head.
France:"i finally finished my project and i will name it, the Concord!"
**after a huge success**
Murica:"oh no you wont…"
**Concord incident where a belt magically appeared in the middle of the runway**
**Concord proceeds to get banned**
**50 years later**
Murica:"i introduce, the BOOM! I did dis all by myself. Completely new revolutionary design!**
The End
I'm currently graduating from aviation maintenance, seeing this is amazing knowing my career could have me working on this very aircraft
very awesome. thanks for the great content 👍👍