Humm… no mention of electric motors, battery packs, flight duration or distance, must be a real world attempt to rationally improve fuel economy and efficiency without all the stupid drama and hype usually associated with new A/C projects. Refreshing to see a project that is actually real world and doable for a change.
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Anyone understand the India angle? What is the value add of the Indians here?
A very hearty Amen.
I always liked the looks of pusher turboprops. I was lucky enough to tour a Starship in person.
I wonder how they plan to keep debris that is kicked up by the tires on takeoff from hitting the prop blades? (Mud flaps?) Otherwise, it looks like an interesting design.
Not likely to ever see a US airline operate this. 2 reasons, American passengers in general don’t like anything with a prop, and highly unlikely it will meet current scope restrictions, something that I don’t see the pilot unions giving up as long as the current “shortage” exists. The pilot scope is the reason Embraer was unable to sell the 195E2 model to US airlines.