I heard that they put hovercraft engines in the wheelwells so that plane can get to the right take off speed? (428mph)
2007-07-30 00:19:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
No.
Someone's been pulling your leg. The B787 is quite conventional and will use the normal landing gears for operations. And 428 mph is pretty high take off speeds!
2007-07-30 00:32:23 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahahaha, thanks you just made my day, thats hilarious, did the same person that told you this tell you that the word gullible wasn't in the dictionary or that it was written on the ceiling? Also 428 mph is far far far too fast for a take off speed.
To answer your question the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a completely conventional aircraft (except from its high use of composite light weight materials) with no hovercraft engines at all and a take off speed of about 190 mph (not 428)
2007-07-30 22:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be thinking about a proposal back in the 50s or 60s to put hovercraft skirts on small jet liners so that they would be amphibious. I don't believe that it ever made it past the concept stage for obvious reasons ducting the hot jet exhust into a rubber skirt doesn't sound like a good idea not to mention that you would be taking power away from the engines when they may need it in an emergency.
2007-07-30 14:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dangermanmi6 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no call for an aircraft that large to perform a take-off from water. Have you seen any major airports on the water lately?
Airliners are designed with the needs of the airlines in mind. Both Boeing and Airbus extensively discuss aircraft design with the major airlines and leasing companies, and bring them drafts of the designs, before on cent is commited to construction of the aircraft. They don't add extra crap that :
A) Weighs the aircraft down further
B) Causes more maintenance than what other aircraft need
Go check out the aircraft and its design at the Boeing website.
2007-07-30 08:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by RGTIII 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can take off from water. But only about an 1/8" of water on the runway. No hovercraft fans required.
2007-07-30 01:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by Drewpie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last airliner that Boeing built that could take off on water was the 314. Pan Am ran 'em across the Pacific prior to WWII.
2007-08-02 08:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by grumpy geezer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea. i hear there also starting to build airports under water, because Boeing is working to make the new 787 totally submersible.
2007-07-30 13:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Illegal Morphine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of the cost of such idiocy! Or the source. Where would the landing gear go after takeoff?
2007-08-02 07:48:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2007-07-30 00:25:19 · answer #9 · answered by music man 3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, why would they want a comercial aircraft that could take off from water? and why do they waste the money making one. lol my answer is NO i mean think about it
2007-07-30 23:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋