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girlwhowaspluggedout writes:
"Spike Aerospace has revealed how the Spike S-512, which is planned to be the first supersonic business jet, will be able to fly from New York to London in half the time that the flight requires now. The plane, which is expected to carry 12-18 passengers, will enjoy the reduced drag and lower weight that come with an advanced engine and no windows:" Read more below.
The new supersonic jet will feature a revolutionary windowless passenger cabin so no more glaring sun and no more shades to pull down or push up. Instead, the interior walls will be covered with a thin display screens embedded into the wall. Cameras surrounding the entire aircraft will construct breathtaking panoramic views displayed on the cabin screens. Passengers will be able to dim the screens to catch some sleep or change it to one of the many scenic images stored in the system.
Without windows, the S-512 is expected to reach speeds between Mach 1.6 and 1.8.
Dr Darren Ansell, an expert in space and aerospace engineering at the University of Central Lancashire, told BBC News what passengers in a plane without windows can expect to experience:
There will be no natural light it will all be simulated so it will be a bit like being in a tube. And how would it work from a safety perspective? If there was an accident how would you know which way the plane was facing, and where you had landed, when the cameras have failed?"
You just know that some imaginative hacker is going to have a field day with this..."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by CluelessMoron on Sunday February 23 2014, @01:52AM
On the other hand, while you can have backup cameras (with protective covers that can be ejected), you cannot have backup windshields. I know of the flight you're probably thinking of near Australia years back that got sandblasted from a volcano and I'm sure they would have loved to have been able to say "eject cover on camera #2 and switch to that".
As for power, I don't see that as a problem. I am currently looking at a 25" monitor and it's drawing a puny 23W according to my meter, and you really only need one monitor to land in a pinch. In a FBW airplane 23W is peanuts. If your RAT can't handle that it can't handle the flight control surfaces for sure.