Boeing Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW).
Production Company: Boeing
Feature: Truss-Braced Wing
EST. Cost of Production: Unknown
For the greater part of a decade, NASA and Boeing have collaborated on the SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) initiative. Recently, the partnership of the two industry titans resulted in the creation of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing idea, which allows for a larger wingspan. Boeing’s TTBW concept plane was originally designed to travel between Mach 0.70 and 0.75, but by utilizing the plane’s 170-foot-long foldable wings and the truss braces that support them, it’s estimated that reaching Mach 0.80 is a realistic possibility – making it not only the highest-flying TTBW concept plane, but also the fastest.
Boeing Transonic Truss Braced Wing (TTBW).
ZerO
Production Company: HerO
Feature: Zero Emissions
EST. Cost of Production: Unknown
It’s not every day that an Arts Center College of create graduate is given the opportunity to create an airplane with the potential to transform air travel as we know it, but that’s exactly what happened to Joe Doucet, the man behind the HerO zero-emissions aircraft’s development. The ZerO is known as the “Tesla of the Skies” since it runs on batteries rather than fuel. Its “swept-back” wings are positioned towards the plane’s rear, which also houses the aircraft’s battery. The plane’s unusual design will slow it down by roughly 20%, but the extra flying time is a minor price to pay for the capacity to fly without emitting any emissions.
ZerO
