If the variant two is chosen, it would be a "non-comparative evaluation". Kelly Johnson once said (immsmw-paraphrasing) "It is a nonsense to risk multimillion aircraft to a five-dollar bullet".
Re urban air taxis - check the Traffic_congestion entry at Wikipedia. The traffic generally uses all the space allotted to it and then demands more. Apparently a serious problem. Cars in traffic...
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jfcra: dual cooling means both engines are cooled simultaneously, avoiding adding-up time to cool one by one
If the variant two is chosen, it would be a "non-comparative evaluation". Kelly Johnson once said (immsmw-paraphrasing) "It is a nonsense to risk multimillion aircraft to a five-dollar bullet".
Old AE : "a bunch of parts..." and vibrating their way towards the target at 80 knots :-)"
Re urban air taxis - check the Traffic_congestion entry at Wikipedia. The traffic generally uses all the space allotted to it and then demands more. Apparently a serious problem. Cars in traffic...
Just an airliner? Then why the quite upswept fuselage tail, a possible aerodynamic pain in the neck? Mooted to be ready for a loading/paradrop ramp?