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Having recently unveiled a new design for its planned Overture supersonic airliner, Boom claims it can overcome doubts based on concerns over noise, environmental impact and costs. The company claims it has the technology to deliver a successor to the Concorde that can deliver globe-shrinking flights at business class fares for customers of carriers like United Airlines and Japan Air Lines.
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I’m confused. That’s pretty much what concord developers said before the first flight. And then the came out with production price and a price of a flight hour. If I’m wrong, please let me know if someone looking for a 737 captain with 7000+ hours to fly overture.
much has progressed since 1967, not least the 5 ton droop nose. it can be done a lot better today.
I think a few things have changed since the late 60's
@@aurorajones8481 yeah, lots of composite materials, advance tech in all fields, micro IC instead of big transistors, first class software programming, more knowledge in drag reduction & fluid mechanics etc
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So great to see innovation coming back to aviation
So, just to recap: they've just finished building a small-scale demonstrator (which hasn't flown yet) of a design that they've just scrapped? I would've thought that it's a bit late in the development process of the Overture to be unveiling a redesign, especially given the multitude of technical, economical and ecological problems that still lay ahead of them. But then, what do I know, maybe it's to drum up investors, or maybe they really decided that there really was no other option than to change the design. Either way, I can ofcourse get behind thier vision and can't deny that the renders look absolutely stunning, but I just can't help but being skeptical.
Also, I read somewhere that Rolls royce has pulled out of developing the engine meant to go on their planes.
Environmental issues derailing a sound design idea which shows how retrograde environmentalists are. The airlines need to move business executives from private jets so speed looks a viable solution. If the deal has a twenty four hour window of opportunity where you have to be on the ground to negotiate no business is going to turn down this fast access. The market is there but zero carbon is going to stifle it.
@@brynleytalbot778 you make an arbitrary decision that this is a sound design! On what basis other than the hype of this movie clip do you arrive there? On top of this, you denigrate the idea of environmental concerns! No matter how myopic you choose to be, environmental issues cannot be ignored whether you like it or not. They work in our favor, routing out harebrained ideas, which I am sorry to say, it appears this is just another one of them.
*_@szymonkorzeniowski2634_* Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (05 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro is now erected
• Blake Scholl has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Rolls Royce have now finished their consultation with Boom on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now cancelled their Overture options
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Multi angle Delta gull wing
• Empennage for area rule
• Waisted fuselage to comply with area rule
• 4 engines in under wing pods
• 65 to 80 passengers
• 201 feet length (same as Concorde)
• 106 feet wing span (greater than Concorde)
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Spain-based Aernnova, will design and supply the wings.
• Italian aerospace giant Leonardo, will design and build the fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri, also Spain-based, will design and develop Overture’s empennage.
• Other suppliers include, Florida Turbine Technologies, Safran Landing Systems, Eaton, Collins Aerospace, Flight Safety International, GE Additive, and StandardAero.
Florida Turbine Technologies (a division of the $1.88bn Kratos Defence and Security Solutions Inc.) will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, for quiet operation
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance
The fan seems to be unusual and has been described as low profile, high throughput and light. The impression is that the bypass air will be reduced above about Mach 0.6 say.
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and a variable-geometry exhaust nozzle, which will ensure low noise, especially on take off and landing. The propulsion system will be efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that generates thrust as well as slowing the air to the engine.
15-2023.09.05
@@brynleytalbot778 You said: *_Environmental issues derailing a sound design idea which shows how retrograde environmentalists are._* Agree. Environmentalists have pushed costs up dramatically, especially for gas, electricity and oil, and dragged down the standard of living in the West.
I'm very excited for the Overture. Job well done. I wish to have the opportunity to fly in the Overture one of these days. A beautifully awesome looking Aircraft. Thank you so very much.
*_@SingingPostman27_* Correct! Shame we will probably have to wait until 2033 to fly in Overture.
No engine supplier yet? Oh dear...
Apparently they just signed a deal with Rolls Royce.
Absolutely no deal with RR….
Airbus and Lockheed Martin are jointly building an airplane factory somewhere, none other than the south. Maybe NC should have selected that, instead of this far cry.
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (15 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.15
I am both very excited and sceptic at the same time
*_@RafiquiLP94_* Yeah, it would be great to see Overture in the air, but like you imply Boom have a high risk program, both technically and financially.
Bottom line, may I ask the price of the BOOM and estimated annual maintenance cost? Can it be configures for private use or strictly commercial? Thank you.
A couple of years ago they mentioned a target price of $200M. No word on what UAL has actually committed to paying per unit.
@@NSResponder Thanks for your reply! It seems the price is well below the BBJ 777X by half. Will the boom be able to be configure for the use by private owners? Thank you.
@@JBReyes777 With enough money anything is possible. Commercial jets have been refurbished or built from new for those wanting penthouses in the sky.
*_@JBReyes777_* The annual maintenance would be expensive, because of the four high power turbofan engines but also:
• Overture is huge at 202 feet long, 36 feet high, and a wingspan of 106 feet.
• Only half the range of a Challenger 8000 for example.
• 4x the fuel cost per passenger mile.
@@phonicwheel933 🙏 for your reply!
Really nice chances to the design though feel having 4 engine has to be more fuel burn. Also feel wings very low placed.
It has 65 to 80 passenger seats and i just wonder if we designed 160 seater commercial plane with aerodynamic design with 2 powerful engine could break sound barrier or around mach 1.3
It would be 50% as fast as Overture but with double passengers capacity and 2 engines vs Overture four.
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Calma né estão em fase de teste, depois terá maiores, tudo começa menor e vai expandindo, costa concórdia péssimo desagner da aeronave e motores, a Boom fez novos projetos tando do avião quanto os motores, temos projeto de helicóptero super sonicos também.
*_@SurvivorIce_* Boom went to 4 engines because it made the engine design easier and cheaper. It also enabled the engine designers to use already certified materials and components, including the core and blades. 4 engines also gives better performance and redundancy, especially as they are in separate pods, unlike Concorde. But the downside is added weight and maintenance.
*_@SurvivorIce_* Designing a passenger aircraft, especially supersonic, is a very complex task, with hundreds of factors to be considered. Following discussions with airlines and engine designers, Boom changed Overture to the current configuration in mid 2022, which they consider to be optimum.
But if Overture does make it to airline service, modified versions will almost certainly be developed, just as has happened with subsonic airliners. So there may be an all economy seat version, a stretched version, a long range version, and so on. Boom are already considering a military version.
Later on Boom could develop a bigger SST, partly along the lines that you suggest, but probably with 200 passenger capacity although, almost certainly, 4 engines would be needed.
@@phonicwheel933 It will be interesting. Do they have the backing, knowledge and capacity. Suppose their production engine fails the final Goose test? Thus proving a basic flaw in the design requiring redesign of all engines that are then in production. Happened and almost bankrupted R&R and Lockheed.
I'm not a business class person, but I would find a way to get the money to fly on that thing if it was ready tomorrow
*_@TrainerAQ_* Ticket prices will be similar to subsonic business class. But after two years, economy class may be available which will cost about twice subsonic economy class. But, if Overture becomes established, it may become a niche service like Concorde, with Overture 'experience' flights, which would probably be a reasonable price.
Question: they were supposed to fly a demonstrator - XB1 , have they flown it yet ?
No, but they're nearly done with pre-flight testing. XB1 should have its first test flight by the end of this year
@@haven216 now this year*
Since the Symphony redesign of mid 2022, XB-1 no longer reflects Overture, and Blake Scholl has hinted that XB-1 will not fly.
Super impressive looking jet i`ll give them that. Would be absolutely awesome to see this aircraft take to the skies , it really would be !
*_@scottwilson6467_* Quite right. We need another SST.
GORGEOUS DESIGN 🙏😄😂👍👌🔥🔥🔥🔥
*_@benjaminblakemore9704_* Yeah, Overture looks great!
So awesome. Im very excited for this.
*_@aurorajones8481_* Yeah, it would be great to see an SST on the wing again.
The fact that this is going to operate on SAF is utterly amazing.Hats off guys .
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W/ the closer these guys get to real production. I'm wondering when we will see Boeing and Airbus come to market w/ an SST. Mark my words they cannot ignore this if Boom is successful so expect it.
I thought Boeing partnered up with Boom rival Aerion?
@@JPPSrules Well Aerion went bankrupt last year but yeah you're right there was a partenership
*_@aurorajones8481_* The SST market is not likely to be big enough for the main line companies, like Boeing, to make a profit. It is more likely that, if Overture is a success, Boom may be bought by a big company and run as a separate division.
When?
Latest forecast 2030. I recon 2033.
Unless they can somehow prevent the sonic boom (which will thus prevent those ramjet engines from working) then I don't think it'll be too popular. One of the main reasons the Concorde was grounded was because of the sonic boom. Even if they flew only over the ocean, wouldn't it be able to easily deafen any animal near the surface, especially ones that have to surface to breathe like dolphins or whales? This just doesn't seem like a very well thought out idea.
The main reasons Concorde was grounded was because of low passenger numbers following 9/11 and Air France flight 4590, unsustainable fuel costs and unsustainable maintenance costs. Sonic boom over the sea was not an issue.
@@dominikclarke6545 I know that sonic boom over the sea wasn't a main issue for the Concorde, rather, it was sonic booms over cities, but personally I still think sonic booms over the sea might not be the best. Then again, I'm not an expert in this topic so I'm probably wrong.
@@JohnDoe-ph7pz Sonic booms were never permitted over land when Concorde was flying, but people nearby airports still complained of the noise as it was generally noisier than subsonic aircraft. The damage done over the sea by a sonic boom is negligible.
@@dominikclarke6545 ah, that makes sense
thanks for correcting me!
@@JohnDoe-ph7pz No problem!
Why can’t you guys do something for economy passengers. This is upsetting. 3/4 of the Concorde fares is still a shit load of money for the average Joe. I want to fly a sst for only 300 dollars
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Overture seats are all business class and seats will be a similar price to subsonic business class. A JFK/LHR return trip would cost $5,000. Economy class seats may be available after the first two years of service, but ticket prices will probably be double the price of subsonic economy tickets.
But there may be cheaper 'Overture experience' trips just like Concorde
Awesome Video
Boom still has all the same issues that Concorde had and why it never made any money for the airlines. These issues are not design issues they are issues relating to what happens to a aircraft and materials when you go supersonic and subsonic with things getting more complex the higher the mach number. Even a cruise of .94 over land has high stress on any aircraft which is why even military jets wont cruise at those speeds when subsonic.
We have carbon fibre now, for example, as a potential construction material which averts the issues you identify.
@@brynleytalbot778 Unfortunately carbon fibre and even carbon carbon just does not cut it at those speeds, you would be looking at titanium and even that has huge draw backs, cost being one. At Mach 2 the airframe would compress about 4cm causing huge stress. The SR72 had those issues which is why when fuelled it would leak like a sieve, the fuel poured out of the airframe which is why it had to be refuelled just after take off and would continue to leak until it got above Mach 1.5
*_@irrationalgeographic9953_* It's quite true that supersonic flight puts extra stress on an aircraft, but the design rules and techniques are well understood and there is no reason why Overture should not be as reliable as subsonic airliners. The engines will probably be expensive to maintain though, especially as there are four of them. But on the other hand, having four engines means that they will be less stressed than two engines.
Awesome!
*_@46minhtetoo9_* Too true. Shame it will be 10 years before you will be able to fly in Overture.
everything is perfect. I like it
*_@marcotokoku1898_* Yes, Overture looks good. It is a shame that if it reaches production, it probably won't be until 2033.
Is NC in the running for a planned Lockeed Martin and Air Bus plane factory? Seems more feasible. Or is it too late.
*_@cashed-out2192_* The Boom factory at NC is now erected.
@@phonicwheel933 WOW! I hadn't heard that. When will they start producing sonic jets?
@@cashed-out2192 The latest forecast is 2030, but I recon 2033. Lets hope that Boom reach that stage. 😊
@@phonicwheel933 😉🙏
This will be the quietest aircraft ever designed ... because it is designed to never leave the drawing board. Airlines love this kind of pie in the sky marketing. Howard Hughes started it all with his TWA tomorrow land promising passengers flights to the moon. Boom isn't an engineering project ... it's a marketing exercise.
*_@mrscreamer379_* What is the rational for your observation? BTW drawing boards went out of use in the 1980s. It's all CAD now.
Sonic Booms? How are they planning on routing?
Since when is speed a selling point to planes?
Today, planes actually fly at a slower speed than what they did in the early jet age.
The two things that matter are fuel efficiency and range for flexible ops, neither of which are a selling point here.
Why do planes fly slower today?
@@t.3465 More efficient similar to ships
@@shouryasanjeev9284 If a plane can fly at Mach 3, an airline can justify the plane being 3 times smaller than a normal plane (as long as it's as cheap to operate per passenger), since the airline can fly thrice as many flights per day to make up for the lost volume
@@t.3465 That's not how it works at all...
The cost of the plane is barely registered on the airline's bottom line, the fuel price is what matters most. For context, airlines have literally retired brand new(relatively) aircraft and replaced them with aircraft that were slightly more efficient.
Supersonic aircraft will use more fuel per flight and flying 3 times as many flights just uses a proportionally higher amount of fuel...
"Since when is speed a selling point to planes?" Since Airplanes hit the market in the 1920s, duh! It's why passenger rail and ocean liners are only for tourists these days.
Its still a pipe dream till its certified
Your mentality will keep you in your parents basement forever
6:50 I have no proof but id bet dollars to donuts they have agreements with RR and GE for engines. My bet is they will have two or more options for engines. Also judging by their "compatibility" goals across many areas that applies to the engines meaning they will be existing engines already tested and approved by the FAA, nothing new here. If not were talking years more for R&D just for the engines.
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (15 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.15
What does this do that concord hasnt done?
Nothing
*Will Overture be able to fill the gap left by Concorde in the SST market?*
*_Introduction_*
Boom have undertaken a mammoth task in developing and producing the Overture SST, with its Symphony power module and turbofan engine. The biggest risk is that they will deplete their capital, before a prototype Overture flies. Once that milestone is reached funding should be available. The following, is based primarily on information from Boom, and assumes that Overture meets its specification and goes into airline service. I have no connection with Boom whatsoever.
*_Aviation_*
Aviation has changed radically since the iconic Concorde first carried passengers in 1976. More people are flying, the number doubles every 10 years, and they are richer. Aviation fuel is roughly the same price as it was in 1976, taking into account inflation, and with deregulation, airline tickets are now cheaper, in real terms. Aircraft now have the range to fly non stop between any two airports in the world.
*_Technology_*
Computer aided design, and simulation has transformed aircraft design and development, by drastically reducing time and costs, and increasing effectiveness. In addition, advanced technology and materials, have enabled more powerful, more efficient engines, and lighter, cheaper, and more streamlined aircraft.
*_Flight_*
Because Overture will be economical at sub and supersonic speeds, 500 routes, some mixed land/water, are viable, rather than just 2 Atlantic routes for Concorde. Overture will be carbon neutral, using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Overture will will create a sonic boom, but not over land, where it will cruise 10% faster (Mach 0.94) than subsonic airliners. It will cruise at twice the speed of subsonic airliners over water. Concorde carried 100 passengers at Mach 2, over 4,488 miles. Overture will carry 65 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 over 4,880 miles.
*_Airframe_*
Both aircraft are 202ft long, but Overture will have a gull wing with computer controlled leading and trailing edge flaps, and a greater span, at 106 feet compared to 84 feet. Overture will also have an empennage. Carbon composite construction will enable streamlining, weight saving, and increased strength, while practically eliminating thermal expansion and contraction. Overture will weigh an estimated 154 tons, Concorde weighed 185 tons. Concorde could carry 2.5 tons of cargo. The cargo capacity for Overture is not known.
*_Engines_*
Overture's engines will be medium bypass turbofans without reheat, while Concorde had turbojets, with reheat. This means that Overture will be economical at subsonic speeds and will be low noise on take off and landing. Variable geometry ducting in the Symphony power units will probably allow the engines to supercruise.
*_Costing_*
Overture's predicted development cost is $8bn, against $14.4bn for Concorde. Manufacturing cost will be less, maintenance costs will be lower, and availability will be higher. Overtures selling price will be $200M, compared to $320M for Concorde. At a guess, Overture's development payback will be 150 aircraft, and airline payback will be 10 years, assuming 72 seats and 8 hours a day utilisation.
*_Operation_*
Overture will be simpler to fly, eliminating the need for a 6 month pilot conversion course. Overture will have improved low speed handling, especially on take off and landing, while maintaining low drag at supersonic speeds. It will have a modern cockpit, with a flight deck similar to subsonic airliners. A flight engineer will not be required. Instead of a droop snoot, external cameras and cockpit displays will give the pilots a view of the terrain when taking off and landing. Its cabin will be quieter and all its seats will be business class, almost certainly with internet. In contrast to Concorde's awesome engine noise, Overture will comply with ICAO-14 noise regulations, allowing it to use all airports, without triggering protests.
*_Ticket Cost_*
Taking a JFK to LHR one way flight:
Showing: _Aircraft type, Fuel cost per passenger, Economy ticket, Business Class ticket, Duration_
Boeing 747 $147 $577 $2,308 8hrs
Concorde $753 $5,000^ 3.5hrs
Overture^^ $708 $1,200 $3,000^^^^ 4hrs
Business jet^^^ $53,000 to $99,000 8hrs
Notes
^ 2023 value
^^ Estimated prices, assuming Overture carries 72 passengers against Concorde's 100. For the first 2 years, only business class seats will be available.
^^^ There are no supersonic business jets
^^^^ $5,000 return
A 16 hour flight across the Pacific on a subsonic jet could be achieved with a 1 hour refuelling stop by Overture, giving a time of, 4 + 1 + 4 = 9 hours.
*_Market_*
Overture will not be competing for the mass economy market. Instead it is aimed at the 700 million long-range business flights made each year world wide. Boom and airline customer surveys show the viability of Overture, and they have identified 500 suitable routes. All Overture's seats will be business class and ticket prices will be comparable with business class on subsonic airliners. Once Symphony gets established it could become a niche service, similar to Concorde, but with many more routes.
*_Conclusion_*
Overture will be popular with both airlines and passengers, because it will half many journey times and will be cheaper, more comfortable and a lot more practical than Concorde. The military have already shown an interest in Overture. It would also be suitable for charter flights. There may even be a market for the Symphony power unit or just the engine. As Overture matures, it will probably be developed, just like subsonic jets. So the range may be increased, there may be a stretched version, and even an all economy seat version. After Overture, Boom could possibly develop a 200 seat SST.
_22-2023.09.04_
Literally just CGI. Come back when you actually have a product
Let me say i am confused. But Boom how is it with the noise of the engines. See on the video the city's Londen,New York, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Barcelona,Paris.
All these airports are situated between houses and appartements. Do you think that this people excepting the noise. No, sir forget it. Greet from Zandvoort the Netherlands.
Yup London will be a good route for The Boom Overture Supersonic Plane!!!!
why would it be loud? think about it
@@DanFrederiksen You are not strong in the sciences, are you?
@@rossikc you know how some of spacex's rockets lay on their side in the air to bleed off energy? that was my suggestion. I am the father of deep learning and I've deduced some of the physics that the visiting ET ships use. How about you?
It won't be any louder than today's airliners when it's subsonic.
every year a new video claiming it will come out next year...LOL
*_@andywong7612_* Yeah, the delays do look bad. But overruns are common, especially for high tech projects. Jut look at Concorde, or any military program. At least there is little tax payers money involved with Boom.
Slower than Concorde, not what I expected in the 21st century.
Well, they also have to be 21st century efficient. Concorde was bad at it. For example, concorde would burn 25k liters of fuel an hour, where Dreamliner burns only 5k an hour.
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*_@mrwr7308_* Agree. Mach 2.5 would be more like it. But Mach 1.7 lowers the risk considerably and also gives better fuel economy. And it is still twice as fast as subsonic airliners.
I'll wait for an engine announcement before I take it seriously... no one is likely to make a low bypass engine from scratch for them so some jet-fighter-engine manufacturer will have to modify one of their engines and remove the afterburner.
Modifying a existing fighter engine would cost more than just building a new engine. The FAR requirements are much different. IMO, Boom is just plain screwed and sometime in the not too distant future, they will go bust..Not Boom
They are not the first start up trying to launch a supersonic business jet and they won't be the last. I'm sure there is a market for something like 100 supersonic business jets for people with more money than time so there is a niche to be filled if someone can build them for 100 million a piece or so. A previous company was going to use the low bypass Pratt&Whitney JT8D.
@@zapfanzapfan > Boom is not building a Business jet, the jet is intended for Commercial flight
@@rcairflr Yeah, their design has grown over time. The 6 other companies/projects that have come and gone that I found were more in the traditional business jet size with 10-20 seats. Maybe bigger with 60 seats is needed to make it work, Concorde was 100 after the refit I think.
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (06 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.05
i see supercritical wing design on the delta.
it is about time supersonic flight is returning again for passenger service.
Won’t happen
It should never have stopped
Odd that as rail got faster with Italy’s services capturing passengers that air has got slower. Supersonic seems the only way to take back market share from the private jet sector because speed is more important than comfort and ease of access if there are fleets of supersonic aircraft. With higher fares to support these fleets, and lower passenger number capacity per plane, maybe it’s the fear of losing budget travel that concerns commenters.
*_@j121212100_* Agree
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SAF isn’t net zero. It produces CO2 at 100%.
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This design started off as a twin-jet, then a third engine was added, now it's morphed into a quad-jet. It keeps getting louder, heavier, less fuel-efficient, and losing range, year after year. I'd love to see a 21st century supersonic airliner take to the skies, but this one seems to be losing the plot.
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (15 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.15
*_@Yormsane_* Development is all about change, sometimes radical. If you look at the development programs for famous aircraft you will find that they had big design changes. Concorde has at least 3. At one time they were even going to build two different sized aircraft.
The latest Overture revision, as of mid 2022, was the result of discussions with the airlines and engine designers, and has resulted in a much better aircraft in all respects, apart from the extra maintenance costs of four engines.
Overture will be quieter than current subsonic airliners, not the awesome sound of Concorde, and it will be fuel efficient at sub and supersonic speeds, with a range of 4,880 miles. It will have 65 to 80 business class seats, and ticket prices will be similar to subsonic business class.
I wonder how much that non refundable deposit was??!
In the case of Japan Airways $10 million for options and a teaming agreement.
✈✈✈Our innovations enable much more efficient engines/aircraft with substantially higher specific thrust for lighter engines and higher thrust [both sides of the parameter are addressed] at a much lower price too
*_@nadahere_* Quite right. Aviation has been transformed since the 1960s when Concorde was designed. Computer aided design, simulations and composite materials have been the most important enabling technologies.
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Great. Fly the XB-1. Until then they're just great at CGI.
Why can't boeing or Airbus do this ?
They can, but their overhead is vastly more than Boom's is.
Boeing partnered up with Boom rival Aerion?
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*_@sharonbraselton4302_* 06 August 2023. Jet fuel has spiked up to $3.00 a US gallon, but its average price since 2010 is $2.00. In 1976 the price was $0.50. In that time inflation has increased prices in the US by x 5.4, so in real terms aviation fuel is roughly the same price as it was in 1976.
Despite all the hype, the sonic boom remains the paramount problem! This appears to be a PR job and window dressing designed to ignore the issue. I was under the impression that somebody out there was working on the issue of the sonic boom, but these guys do not appear to be them.
@@phonicwheel933 You sound like a typical commercial and you are just as convincing as one. "Willing" things to work, no matter how many times you say it, (8), just doesn't cut it! Face reality and concede the impossibility of your endeavor.
I wish you could succeed but, you know, Physics!!
@@phonicwheel933 No, I have no agenda but obviously from your commercial, you do and just like to project your issues on others!
There was a valid reason why the US pulled out of the commercial SST market and that was the same as it is now: There cannot be any profit in it because of Physics! Concorde proved it, but you just like to ignore facts!! Put your money where your mouth is and prove me wrong!! Forget commercials of what the thing "will" do!! 🤣
@@phonicwheel933 the truth hurts, doesn't it?
It also frees you from having to remember all the lies you had to convince yourself of and work on trying to convince others!
Be brave, accept the truth!
@@phonicwheel933 I see! U were a hopeless case to begin with. Strange that it even occurred to u to argue with me over the magical abilities of Overture, but magic is what u expect! Enjoy! 🤣
Just like Aerion??
No engine means no Boom……
Yeap, pllus, even if they got an engine (by some miractle) they are so far behind in deveopement, the cost to get this through Flight Test would be billions and billions. Not sure where they would get that kind of money
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (06 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.05
@@rcairflr $8 billion is the estimate for Overture development.
@@phonicwheel933 Thats nice. Do you really believe with all the delays that they will even come close? I don't... BTW, I worked as a Avionics engineer for Flight Test Certification for 32 years at two major manufacturers. I saw their stupid estimates over and over again. We just laughed, well we were usually right and the bean counters were usually wrong..
@@phonicwheel933 BTW, do you have any idea what it takes to Certify an aircraft in todays world? Well I have a very good idea with all my years of experience. And IF and that is a big if, they get this to first flight and Ceritification, it will be the first ever Mach commercial aircraft in the USA. You don't think this will be extremely difficult and as such, extremely expensibe
“Net Zero” 🤮
Carbon Neutral running on SAF.
SpaceX will be doing global flights in 30 min before this goes into production
Going 180 degrees from where you are in 30 minutes is great, but SpaceX hasn't said what those flights will cost, and it remains to be seen whether SpaceX can make rockets as reliable as aircraft.
I'm not sure this is the time to be developing a supersonic airliner. With the whole world bent on emissions reduction, and with everyone going electric, these guys are practically trying to go against the grain. I'm not convinced this will work at all.
Oh this émissions bullshit again....electric isn't clean .
Green washing
Western isn't the entire world
Fortunately, Boom and their investors have studied it in far more detail than you ever will.
Not everybody is interested in the emissions reduction being forced upon us
If I could id short tf out of this company, JS
*_@myanriles3185_* If it was a 1 year option you would have lost your money.
@@phonicwheel933 lmaooooo facts
This aircraft has no engines as Royce and other jet engines have turned them down also jet lines have cancelled their orders Japan and united have also cancelled their orders
I guess the term "vaporware" is alive and kicking... a lot of blah blah blah and still no cigar...
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (15 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.15
REALITY HAS ARRIVED, DREAM ON. I READ THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN HALTED
*_@MrDaiseymay_* Where did you hear that?
Unrealistic.
But the plant is under construction in NC
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (06 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.05
Just what's needed in a climate catastrophe
Business class supports low economy class ticket pricing so remove it from larger aircraft and many routes become unfeasible thereby reducing leisure flights. Fewer sonic aircraft with business pricing only to replace large fleets may stop the idea of cheap travel. It’s cheap travel that’s the issue with flights not the actual sector. If business customers relinquish private jets for supersonic business class, highly likely as your competitor will beat you to the deal, that’s a climate plus. You have to think beyond knee jerk reactions.
Overture runs on SAF which is carbon neutral.
If you tell an American a story and show them some animation, as far as they are concerned it's all real, you can sell a gullible American anything.
I can make models of planes that can possibly/maybe travel at supersonic speeds nearly all the way across continents.
Send me your "investments".
Boom will go Bust. Supersonuc small business jets don't exist yet, so an airliner is unlikely without massive gov subsidies like the Convorde. Who is making the engines? No. In a year or two, we won't be hearing about Boom !!
Here is a rundown of Boom's latest position (06 September 2023):
• The factory at Greensboro North Carolina is now erected
• Boom has hinted that, as the XB-1 no longer represents Overture, it probably won't fly
• Boom have now finished their consultation with Rolls Royce on the Symphony engine
• Virgin have now let their Overture options laps
• 130 orders and pre orders from Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines
• Boom and Northrop Grumman partnership for military and government applications
• Boom awarded STRATFI contract by USAF for Overture fast transit applications
• Cutaway images of the engine and Symphony power module are now on Boom's site
In July 2022 Boom announced a major Symphony redesign:
• Fuselage, waisted to comply with area rule
• Wing, multi angle Delta gull, with computer controlled leading and trailing edge slats
• Empennage
• Engines, 4 medium bypass turbofans in under wing individual pods
• Seats, 65 to 80, all business class
• Length, 201 feet (same as Concorde)
• Wing span, 106 feet (greater than Concorde)
• Height, 36 feet
• Cruising speed, Mach 0.94 over land, Mach 1.7 over water, at 60,000 feet
• Range, 4,880 miles
Boom have appointed suppliers for major Overture items, including the engine:
• Florida Turbine Technologies, engine design, development and certification
• Aernnova (Spain), design and supply wings.
• Leonardo (Italy), design and build fuselage and wing box.
• Aciturri (Spain), design and develop empennage.
• Safran Landing Systems,
• Eaton, hydraulics, fuel and inertial systems collaboration
• Collins Aerospace, ice protection and systems collaboration
• Flight Safety International,
• GE Additive, additive engineering (3D printing)
• StandardAero, maintenance
Florida Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defence, will design, develop and test an engine that matches the specific requirements of Overture. Engine development began in January 2023. Engineers, who were involved in the design of the engines for the supersonic F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, will be on the design team. The engine will use existing certified parts and materials, including blades, rotors, accessories, and core. The manufacturers of these parts will help throughout the Overture engine development program. The engine will have the same basic architecture as engines that currently power all modern airliners:
• Turbofan
• Medium-bypass
• No afterburner
• Twin-spool
• 35,000 pounds of thrust on take off
• Air cooled multistage turbine
• Single stage, 72 inch diameter fan, low profile, high flow, light
• Low-pressure compressor stages: 3
• High-pressure compressor stages: 6
• High-pressure turbine stages: 1 (passively cooled)
• Low-pressure turbine stages: 3
• Additive manufacturing for lightness, low part count, reduced assembly costs
• FAA Part 33 and EASA CS 33 compliance
• ICAO Chapter 14 noise compliance, especially relevant on take off and landing
The Symphony propulsion system will have a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, and variable-geometry exhaust nozzle. The propulsion system will be fuel efficient at both sub and supersonic speeds. The intake will be similar to the intakes on the Mach 3.2, SR-71, with a spike that slows the air to the engine, and probably generates forward thrust. Wind tunnel testing of the intake and exhaust are underway.
16-2023.09.05