This is the EcoJet , EasyJet ’s light-green plane of the time to come . Either EasyJet ’s CEO Andrew Harrison has been steal Giantman ’s serum , or his new aeroplane save so much vigour because it ’s made for hamster . The budget airline is direct to foreshorten its carbon footprint by 50 % by 2015 and reckons this is the aircraft to do it with . In an open letter to air hose manufacturing business last month , it adumbrate its wishlist …
Rear - mounted “ loose - rotor ” engines offer unrivalled environmental performance for poor - draw flying due to their higher propellent efficiency . However , the pregnant difficulties in fixing such a turgid locomotive beneath the wing of a narrow - physical structure aircraft , make rear - mount of the engines the best solution .
A dispirited design cruise speed to tighten drag and a shorter design range to reduce weight . Will someone please tell Mr Harrison to duck’s egg , because there ’s another plane heading straight for his pinna .
dissonance reductions are look to come from a gear box between the engine and the opened - rotor blades observe them subsonic during take - off and landing , the use of the rear tail to harbour the ground from engine noise , and airframe improvement ( such as no slats on the front of the wing ) .
The airframe will be made of modern free weight - reduce materials similar to those used in current projection like the Boeing 787 , which itself is forecast to be 27 % more fuel efficient than the aircraft it will substitute in many fleet .
Nothing about improving their lousy food , though , which without a doubt increase EasyJet passenger ’ natural gas emission . [ EasyJet wardrobe releaseandO’Reilly - GMT ]
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