TL=8 Hypersonic Flight
- Thread starter Spinward Flow
- Start date
It's TL-6.5, mostly.
Fold-down wingtips and underslung engines, riding on the engine inlet shockwave -- these are a straight rip from the North American Aviation XB-70. (Wikipedia)
Flew in 1964.
Not that this is a bad thing, mind you.
One of the prototypes was destroyed in a collision with a chase plane. Project was cancelled because the paradigm of "fly so fast and high they can't track or hit you" (valid up through the early Jet Age) became obsolete.
Still pretty dang awesome.
Fold-down wingtips and underslung engines, riding on the engine inlet shockwave -- these are a straight rip from the North American Aviation XB-70. (Wikipedia)
Flew in 1964.
Not that this is a bad thing, mind you.
One of the prototypes was destroyed in a collision with a chase plane. Project was cancelled because the paradigm of "fly so fast and high they can't track or hit you" (valid up through the early Jet Age) became obsolete.
Still pretty dang awesome.
Last edited:
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Depends on whether they can scale it up to jumbo jet size, economically, and what kind of infrastructure would be needed to support that.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
TL 8 is null grav modules and fusion power plants.
Yeah ... it is a tough pill to swallow, but we are STILL TL 7.
Traveller had a GIANT LEAP at TL8 and another at TL 9 ... so don't hold yer breath.
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Sigh, not the same.
Wikipedia, not surprisingly, has a decent overview of Flying Cars.
