Lets See Paul Allen's Plane

>>1077652
What is the point of this skymobile?

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>>1077652

>>1077652
I'd hate to imagine if that plane split in two while in the air.

>>1077683
It's a carrier plane designed to launch three Pegasus XL rockets into orbit. Supposedly it'll be ready by 2020.

>>1077652
jej

>>1077652
Ohh my god that plane has no structural stability at all. For that thing to work without breaking apart we will need star trek tech level and materials

>>1077728
Yeah, can't wait to see it break apart in midair. Those dumbass engineers will never see it coming!

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>>1077728
I wonder what kind of carbon fiber black magic Rutan is working here.

every other twin boom aircraft, ever, except Rutans, have the horizontal stabilizer connect the booms.

>>1077728
Well, both sides will be doing the exact same thing at the same time, so how would it break apart?

what exactly is the point of having two bodys
(I don't know nothing about planes.)

>>1077788
In this case and for White Knight 2 its because they will carry large objects that need to be dropped mid-flight.

Keeping the payload in the middle is good for balance. Attaching to a wing gives good ground clearance. Making a huge bomb bay would mean a lot of extra vehicle weight that is unnecessary for its primary mission. Plus if they are using liquid oxygen, you want that to freely vent rather than building up in a confined space.

>>1077774
>>1077652
why no one piece rear stabilizer/wing?

>>1077814
My guess is that the wing is designed to flex considerably and they didn't want to have to figure out how to compensate for that in the tail.

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>>1077728
omg this would happen if the pilot on the right pulls up while the other one pushes on the stick, imagine the coordination needed, eh cletus?

>>1077857
even then, wouldnt it just roll?

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>>1077863
well, the problem is more complicated than that.

there is indeed a rolling moment, but its center of application is all wrong.

Usually the rolling moment is supplied by the ailerons and coincides with the wing. However, here there is a more significant twisting moment imparted to the wing by the ascending and descending elevators, located at the end of a long moment arm (the booms).

Even if the twisting itself wont rip the wing apart, the assymetrical aerodynamic loading appearing as a result of the uneven airfoil deformation surely will.

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Germany's He-111Z Zwilling from the 1940s

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And one of the other proposals to carry the Space Shuttle, a twin C-5 Galaxy.

>>1077796

okay i still don't know anything about planes but are there actually two people steering it ?
what's the benefit of that ?
shouldn't one be automated ?

>>1077953
For simplicity it makes sense to use a common design for both sides, but without seeing inside it is impossible to tell if it even has 2 cockpits. One side could be dedicated to support crew for the rocket drop.

Early renderings of the design had no windows on the left side. Hell they might even just be painted on to give it a symmetrical look.

>>1077958

okay cool that makes way more sense

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>>1077958
>makes sense to use a common design
burt rutans disapproves of plebeians like this guy.

>>1077953
What? Even regular plane have multiple people driving them

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>>1078173
>rutans
>RUTANS
>A N S
you are the pleb.

>>1077915
>two big brothers taking the little brother under their wing

Just a P-38 on steroids