Boom's XB-1 goes supersonic

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  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2025

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  • @Blowfeld20k
    @Blowfeld20k 20 годин тому +29

    No one seems to remember what ACTUALLY killed Concorde as a commercial venture, and it had nothing to do with the technical limitations of the airframe.
    Everyone seems to have forgotten that what killed Concorde and made the airline industry uninterested in supersonic passenger services. It was the physical realities of operating a supersonic aircraft regularly over built up population centres, the result is regular sonic booms which residents over a wide geographical area will experience and complain about. This is NOT speculation, this is exactly what happened with Concorde.
    The only solution was to limit the airplanes speed when inside national borders, which obviously kills your core feature, it also makes the service less viable as it imparts higher fuel cost due to inefficient engine use in the subsonic phase.
    Not only that, but it makes internal USA flights a total non-starter as you'd never get a chance to go SS, making an airframe even less commercially viable.
    Concorde used to take off from UK, fly sub-sonic until outside UK borders then accelerate to SS, sprint across the Atlantic, slow down at us coast and go sub-sonic over US territory to land ........... reverse order to get back to uk.
    Obviously this is stupidly inefficient in an airframe designed to go SS =bad financial returns
    This is what killed Concorde COMMERCIALLY.
    I don't see how this issue changes with a newer airframe design, the supersonic no fly over built-up areas must be even more of an issue by now as urban sprawl has exploded.
    There is no wizbang tech that can mitigate the entirely physics based process of the propagation through the air of a sonic boom .... that is always going to be an issue for any SS passenger.
    Am neither an industry insider nor an aeronautical engine, but I am a bit of an aeronautical nerd, what I am saying here is just 100% based on the little I know of the actual historical record regarding Concorde.
    How good the airframe is never was the problem ...... The problem is where we put AIRPORTS!!!!
    And they are all in the same locations and types of locations they were when Concorde was operating........
    Thanks for listening peeps 👍

    • @Peizxcv
      @Peizxcv 20 годин тому +3

      It’s an investment scam from the beginning and obvious to most aviation geeks. There haven’t been any breakthrough in engine tech, aerodynamics design, sonic boom reduction that would make it commercially viable

    • @99kitfox
      @99kitfox 20 годин тому +1

      @@Peizxcvyou both are wrong, but of course welcome to think whatever you want to.

    • @amamdawhatever
      @amamdawhatever 19 годин тому +5

      @@99kitfox You should probably make a counter argument when you say "you both are wrong"....

    • @billynomates920
      @billynomates920 19 годин тому +2

      @@amamdawhatever i know i was waiting for one.

    • @RedTail1-1
      @RedTail1-1 18 годин тому +1

      Wasn't the booms. It was just how loud the engines were. Airliners are already pretty loud but the Concorde was obnoxiously loud. People didn't want it at their airports

  • @Thunder_6278
    @Thunder_6278 15 годин тому +4

    If the F-5 and F-104 had a child... The Overture looks like a son of B-58.

  • @elliotdryden7560
    @elliotdryden7560 18 годин тому +2

    WOW! I got a TSR2 vibe in the flare !

  • @XNOGaming_One
    @XNOGaming_One День тому +20

    Looks a bit like a scaled-up Hustler with the engine nacelles.

    • @conneroliver5001
      @conneroliver5001 День тому

      To me it looks like the Boeing w707 the plane boeing was gonna build to compete with the Concord.

    • @XNOGaming_One
      @XNOGaming_One День тому

      @@conneroliver5001 The SST from the 70s? Yeah, I can see the resemblance.

    • @Mark_Ocain
      @Mark_Ocain 23 години тому +1

      yeah, the long engine nacelles with the shock spikes and the long landing gear is very much B-58 in looks, especially from the back. - totally agree.

    • @FirstDagger
      @FirstDagger 21 годину тому

      Just like with stealth fighters there are certain layouts that just work. Form follows function.

    • @czeslawmeyer7871
      @czeslawmeyer7871 13 годин тому

      A cross between concord and the tsr2😊

  • @nicklovell5872
    @nicklovell5872 22 години тому +6

    The XB1 is, according to Booms own timeline, 6 years behind schedule.
    How many decades behind schedule is the far more complex Overture going to be?
    Their engine partners still don't have a viable blueprint for an engine that meets the requirements Boom has declared.
    Yet according to Boom, the Overture will be flying in service within the next 6 years...
    Boom was touting supersonic flights for $100 a couple of years back... Now they are talking about a couple of thousand dollars. That sums it up. A continual stream of improbable and impossible claims, later scaled back to fit reality.
    I hope I am wrong, but this seems to me to be the aeronautical version of the Fyre festival.

    • @jebise1126
      @jebise1126 21 годину тому

      fake it until you make it. talk to elon and his a banana to space all the projects that had "it will be ready next year" few thousand per ticket isnt really a problem. first class cost that much already. and if it will be much faster. yeah sure. but it really needs the reach they promised, otherwise its dead

    • @Peizxcv
      @Peizxcv 20 годин тому

      It’s an investment scam targeting Middle East countries that want to diversify their economies

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 22 години тому +2

    I'm watching Mojave Airport in the back ground. Those turbines are on Tehachapi mountain.
    I grew up in Mojave from 1984 to 1992.

  • @FinsburyPhil
    @FinsburyPhil 13 годин тому +1

    Be interesting to see if there is any further influence built in from NASA's X-59 sonic boom reduction research aircraft - it could be make or break commercially for passenger services.

  • @MrMaximkozin
    @MrMaximkozin 14 годин тому

    god speed, as someone who has to cross 2 continents and an ocean to visit my family, it really pisses me off that planes like Concord aren't widely available today.

    • @pierrew1532
      @pierrew1532 12 годин тому

      Maybe question your life choices. Imagine if a majority of human had to cross oceans to visit their family on a regular basis. Doesn't make sens and unsustainable.

  • @assarstromblad3280
    @assarstromblad3280 20 годин тому +1

    I like the gripen footage at 2:32 (coming from a swede)

  • @dullumullu
    @dullumullu 22 години тому +5

    I am curious about the timeline for Boom Supersonic's IPO approval and the potential financial outcomes for its executives, including Blake Scholl and other stakeholders. Once the IPO is greenlit, it will be interesting to observe how the stock performance devolves, particularly if early investors and insiders capitalize on their stock options. Then they can quietly let the stock price fall into obvilion while they diligently move on to their next big scam.

    • @amamdawhatever
      @amamdawhatever 19 годин тому

      100%!!! I have always thought that this is a pump and dump.

  • @marsmotion
    @marsmotion 22 години тому +3

    the question is is there really an international market for business travel thats really robust in the future or will telepresence robotics and or vr eat that up instead... were thinking of the future here. certainly cheaper if they can make that happen is a game changer regardless of tech. they better not lose the electrical system as the pilots will have no way to see whats happening. they better build a faraday cage around their electrical gear

  • @CajunMarine33445
    @CajunMarine33445 14 годин тому

    Very cool

  • @Maur1c1oQ
    @Maur1c1oQ 17 годин тому

    Fantastic! What's next?

  • @andrewlaco1776
    @andrewlaco1776 22 години тому +3

    Time to start saving up for a ticket.😅

    • @billynomates920
      @billynomates920 19 годин тому

      when he said 'that you and i can afford'...😆

  • @therocinante3443
    @therocinante3443 15 годин тому

    So many people are hating on this thing and I don't know why. I think a step towards restarting supersonic civilian aviation is a great thing.

    • @Syulang-nt4kj
      @Syulang-nt4kj 10 годин тому

      People hate it because it's *obviously* unviable, and they are just burning other people's money. it's the the worst possible GoFundMe scam.

  • @rtyrsson
    @rtyrsson 11 годин тому

    This is magnificent. Yes, Concorde was a failure and only lasted as long as it did due to national prestige on the part of the UK and France. Yet human achievement is not undertaken by succumbing to failure. We overcome it, try again, and ultimately succeed. This aircraft has a readymade market and certainly it will have a number of military applications as well.

    • @Syulang-nt4kj
      @Syulang-nt4kj 10 годин тому

      The military already have supersonic aircraft, and the civilan market really doesn't exist, as the potential routes and demographics are small, and constantly decreasing.

  • @SimonWallwork
    @SimonWallwork 20 годин тому +1

    Kinda reminds me of the TSR 2.

    • @razor1uk610
      @razor1uk610 14 годин тому

      Yeah!! ..mixed with partial Concordian Cresent Delta winds, the TSR2's Fuz' crossed with an enlarged Hornet Main-Forward Fuz' and the Intakes of an A3/R5 Vigilante together shades of Hornet & F-111 Aardvark underWing side Fuz' positioning... and I guess an above fuz centralized buried NACA(?) intake for the central tail engine ?

  • @bamafan-in-OZ
    @bamafan-in-OZ День тому +1

    Sadly 99% of us will probably never get to fly on one as you can be certain the costs will be more than business class seats. Though if they could extend the range to fly the 12,000km from Sydney to LAX it might be worth the cost.

    • @keithmoore5306
      @keithmoore5306 23 години тому

      unless it can fly overland it won't be profitable enough to be wide scale and the tree huggers will never allow that!!! they're just pissing into the wind and wasting money on a pipe dream!!

    • @Harryw007
      @Harryw007 22 години тому +1

      I'd do it once just as a "bucket list" item

    • @gcm747
      @gcm747 10 годин тому

      100% of us will never fly on this as it won’t happen. So don’t feel too bad.

  • @bulukacarlos4751
    @bulukacarlos4751 21 годину тому

    Very good video. One question: are the engines afterburners, or is the idea for it to be super cruise?
    Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.

    • @assarstromblad3280
      @assarstromblad3280 19 годин тому

      I would guess suoercruise is directly necessary if they want any kind of fuel efficiency. Seems likely to have afterburner for takeoff, and then superceuise while at altitude.

  • @gcm747
    @gcm747 9 годин тому

    What routes will it be flying where sonic boom suddenly no longer matters?

  • @travisbuscholl2479
    @travisbuscholl2479 16 годин тому

    The Cube's law it might be difficult to achieve

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 22 години тому

    The Chinese supposedly Stealth 3 engine set-up looks very similar.

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 22 години тому

    With the XB setup, with the right design. They could easily super cruise up to mach 2.0. That would beat the F-22.

  • @LarryBoivin-wk1wz
    @LarryBoivin-wk1wz 13 годин тому

    The question is will it have a sonic boom as a passenger air liner.

  • @kamuginkhan
    @kamuginkhan 18 годин тому

    Does it have an ejection seat?

  • @amamdawhatever
    @amamdawhatever 19 годин тому

    Nothing about the cockpit is any more groundbreaking than a modern business jet. I may be wrong, but I honestly can't see a big market for a fuel guzzling CRJ except in the extreme high end of business travelers and at that I can't see masses of these aircraft crossing the oceans. The best I see for this concept is a super sonic biz jet for billionaires to try to outdo each other with. Personally when they IPO I'm going to take some long positions aimed at when the investor money runs out and the founders of this company cut and run. There is definitely a put option opportunity here as this is a classic venture capital stock scam.

    • @RedTail1-1
      @RedTail1-1 18 годин тому

      Kind of odd then that there is so much interest in it. Even from Northrop. It's like you just heard what you wanted to hear and formed your own opinion without looking into it any further.

  • @blairhammond5456
    @blairhammond5456 10 годин тому

    Why is the flight engineer dude wearing sunglasses inside?

  • @pierrew1532
    @pierrew1532 13 годин тому

    We so don't need civil supersonic planes in our times. We need to take care of the environment. We only have one planet to live on, and it will remain l-the case for an extremely long time.

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier День тому +5

    Need to change the name of the company. Boom has too many negative connotations.

  • @Peizxcv
    @Peizxcv 20 годин тому +3

    An investment scam: no new engine, no new way to damper sonic boom, no new aerodynamics trick to make the jet economical

  • @AriSuper0001
    @AriSuper0001 16 годин тому

    If there was any real reason we needed supersonic passenger jets, Airbus and Boeing would have already done it. Its giving a startup for the sake of a startup vibe, but maybe I just have very low threshold for bs, so who knows, hope I'm wrong.

  • @Fenrir_Foehammer
    @Fenrir_Foehammer 17 годин тому

    This seems more like a sponsored content bit than your normal output. That being written, how are they gonna get over the fact that this is not the first time a commercial airliner has tried to get regulatory approval to fly over the US? That was the biggest hold up in the 60s when the test flights were going over populated areas. There were constant complaints because of the sonic booms and as a result no military aircraft, i.e. the Concorde could only go supersonic until well over the Atlantic.

  • @onlythaclonessir2525
    @onlythaclonessir2525 19 годин тому

    EWE WATT ?

  • @neild3074
    @neild3074 20 годин тому

    So the captain has to be left handed and the first officer right handed?

  • @yutakago1736
    @yutakago1736 19 годин тому

    Why London and New York again ? Why no supersonic flight from Tokyo to LA ? Or Singapore to LA ?

  • @fredtedstedman
    @fredtedstedman 16 годин тому

    demonstrator is beautiful..........................still think they chose an unfortunate name ...............BOOOM ! really ?

  • @bestcyborg889
    @bestcyborg889 17 годин тому

    They ought to add some anti AA missile tech on board, just in case.

  • @ratchet2505
    @ratchet2505 23 години тому

    3 and a half hours

  • @joeflatley8523
    @joeflatley8523 17 годин тому

    Tickets will cost $20k

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 22 години тому

    Deign the body and intake similar to that of the YF-23 and use super cruise to save fuel and money. The bottom is already close. They just need a little tweak for wave riding.

  • @billynomates920
    @billynomates920 19 годин тому

    excuse me it's mamm

  • @billylyman2950
    @billylyman2950 20 годин тому +3

    What's the big deal? Fighter planes have been going supersonic since 1950s. Single seat demonstrator for commercial airliner? what a dumb concept, what is that supposed to prove?

    • @neild3074
      @neild3074 20 годин тому +2

      I agree but I'm guessing they are testing the theoretical reduction in sonic boom defused buy the wings leading edge profile so it can fly overland which the concorde was not allowed to.

    • @thekidfromcleveland3944
      @thekidfromcleveland3944 20 годин тому +2

      Mock ups and demonstrators have always been a thing too guy

    • @zzzyxwv
      @zzzyxwv 17 годин тому +1

      @@billylyman2950 it is supposed to reduce the boom felt on the ground

    • @LeeviHokka126
      @LeeviHokka126 15 годин тому

      The big deal is going supersonic without the sonic boom, which will free airlines from being restricted from supersonic overland flights and, therefore, open up more business opportunities. The Concorde failed in business because of the limited flight routes due to the sonic boom issue that got it banned from flying supersonic over land.

  • @lilragexox
    @lilragexox 18 годин тому

    Yeah yeah he okay here's the question how much is it going to cost to people to fly in a supersonic jet instead of a regular airliner because I don't think the people are going to pay thousands of dollars just to get a couple of hours quicker well maybe unless if you're rich

  • @infinidominion
    @infinidominion 18 годин тому

    Meanwhile, heres this company.....for what

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 22 години тому

    I wouldn't go over mach 2.2

  • @LuciliusIunior
    @LuciliusIunior 14 годин тому

    Bof moi je n'y crois pas une seconde. Faire un petit appareil supersonique est une chose, faire un successeur à Concorde en est une autre.

  • @richardmcgowan1651
    @richardmcgowan1651 День тому +3

    Its always been about costs. Air France Flight 4590 didnt really kill of those types of planes. It was more the cost of running them. The tech to build these planes is old. Its nothing new.

    • @Mark_Ocain
      @Mark_Ocain 23 години тому +1

      Yeah, the crash was just another straw that broke the Camel's back. There were only 16 or 17 operating and the cost of maintenance and general daily operating economics were crippling for airlines at the end

    • @jebise1126
      @jebise1126 21 годину тому

      oof... not really no. basically concorde had to use afterburner so the reach was super short. if this can supercruise than with much longer reach it can have much more potential routes. thats the thing they are selling. supercurise. it it cant supercruise it will fail big time.

  • @2011joser
    @2011joser 17 годин тому

    The plane shown is a copy of a NASA test vehicle. It has nothing in common with the proposed transport. The concepts this plane is proving have already been shown by the NASA aircraft. This advances the transport hardly at all. They have no engines in the pipeline. This is a Nikola style fundraising grift.

  • @peterboy209
    @peterboy209 23 години тому

    Peanuts

  • @ralfy64
    @ralfy64 9 годин тому

    AOA INOP lol ua-cam.com/video/OtEcVtUc3DA/v-deo.htmlsi=WgPjs9j7XQ6x3I3R&t=98