Comments on: Aircraft Design Inspired by Nature and Enabled by Tech http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Greg W. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/#comment-800 Greg W. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:43:32 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1399#comment-800 I wouldn't want to be on of the first ones to fly in it, but I would love to take a tour in one some day. The design is very cool but for someone who is afraid of heights, I don't think I would do well. If it was a quick tour over the Grand Canyon, or something like that, would be when I fly in it. I wouldn’t want to be on of the first ones to fly in it, but I would love to take a tour in one some day. The design is very cool but for someone who is afraid of heights, I don’t think I would do well. If it was a quick tour over the Grand Canyon, or something like that, would be when I fly in it.

]]> By: Randolph Smoot http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/#comment-262 Randolph Smoot Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:38:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1399#comment-262 That's ALUMINUM, not steel, that plane structures are currently made of. A steel plane would require *enormous* amounts of power to get off the ground. Those renderings show a large amount of space for each passenger. I'd expect the reality to be even more crowded than planes currently are. At least it doesn't look like an organic spacecraft from Alien. That’s ALUMINUM, not steel, that plane structures are currently made of. A steel plane would require *enormous* amounts of power to get off the ground.

Those renderings show a large amount of space for each passenger. I’d expect the reality to be even more crowded than planes currently are.

At least it doesn’t look like an organic spacecraft from Alien.

]]> By: Chuck http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/#comment-248 Chuck Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:47:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1399#comment-248 Really, "wrapped in opaque STEEL"....? Care to edit that? Really, “wrapped in opaque STEEL”….? Care to edit that?

]]> By: BoogerFree http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/#comment-247 BoogerFree Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:19:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1399#comment-247 Bad idea. It'll be so bright inside everyone will be required to wear sunglasses. Tint the windows, and then having the roof as see-through will be rendered useless. Bad idea. It’ll be so bright inside everyone will be required to wear sunglasses. Tint the windows, and then having the roof as see-through will be rendered useless.

]]> By: Marshall Cypress http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/08/aircraft-design-inspired-by-nature-and-enabled-by-tech/#comment-246 Marshall Cypress Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:17:06 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1399#comment-246 awesome... I am sure the tickets to fly on the thing would only be in the tens of thousands. awesome… I am sure the tickets to fly on the thing would only be in the tens of thousands.

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