Alabama-based SE Aeronautics has unveiled its new SE200 wide-body concept aircraft. SE Aeronautics (Super Efficient) has redesigned its traditional airliner concept and announced an innovative three-wing aircraft, estimated to produce 80% fewer carbon emissions than the conventional aircraft.
The novelty presented so far only in the form of renders and computer animation will presumably carry up to 264 passengers. It will be able to develop a transonic speed of up to Mach 0.9 (1100 km/h) and will have a flight radius of up to 17 thousand kilometers. All flight parameters of the SE200 concept are significantly superior to their serial counterparts. At the same time, the main advantage of SE200 is fuel economy by 70% and, as a result, reduction of carbon emissions into the atmosphere by 80%.
In terms of its design, SE200 is an aircraft with three pairs of wings and a modified tail unit. The parameters of the aircraft will make it possible to use airfields with small runways for the operation of the airliner. Composite materials are used in the construction of the aircraft, and it contributed to the increase in the efficiency of the SE200 and reduced the construction time of the aircraft by half.
Today, the startup only has a concept presented in the form of a computer video and preliminary calculations. No prototyping or model building has been reported yet.
