This is What the Future Airliners Will Probably Look Like

#6 – SAX-40

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© The ‘Silent’ Aircraft Initiative

Aircrafts that fly at hypersonic or even subsonic speeds have extremely noisy engines, which annoys people living around airports and can cause health issues for those working nearby airplanes. So a group from Cambridge University and MIT developed the concept of a silent airplane, the SAX-40.

The noise is mainly triggered by the airplanes’ body irregularities, while the SAX-40 is extremely smooth. The SAX-40’s body shape allows significantly more lift than any regular airplane.

This means that the use of flaps isn’t required to get enough lift during landing and takeoff, decreasing the engines’ noisiness. For minimal engine noise during flight, the SAX-40 would use many different exhausts that change shape.

Generally, the special wings and lifting body design of this airplane are the key features of its ability to generate as little noise as possible.

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