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At NASA Dryden, the futuristic X-48C gets ready to fly

CNET -- If you want to know what the future of airplane design looks like, you might have to make your way out to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Tucked away inside a nondescript warehouse building at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center here, NASA, the U.S. Air Force, Boeing, and Cranfield Aerospace are working on an entirely new kind of plane, one which they hope could someday revolutionize aviation.

Known as a hybrid wing body, the plane design, which NASA describes as a cross between a conventional plane and a flying wing design, is thought to offer long-term benefits in fuel efficiency, fuel capacity, and noise reduction.

It looks radically different from today's aircraft... the X-48 would probably offer a fuel efficiency improvement of between 20% and 30%.

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Submitted Jul 16, 2012 By: DellDude2

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tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,987 Points:2,344,535 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 5:48:00 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse ...thought to offer long-term benefits in fuel efficiency, fuel capacity, and noise reduction. Adapt design improvements to commercial aviation for better fuel efficiency and noise reduction but you will never know if there is no testing of the design. Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. Consider using other forms of less expensive transportation to lower your cost. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012
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