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Qz. Now pools and the maintaining there of is right up my ally. The one here in the Canaries was green as green can be after 6 months without loving care. I shocked it immediately and set the creepy to concentrate on the walls. Bunged in a acid treatment called monthly which as it says should last a month. After two weeks bingo absolutely sparkling. Now this pool is tiled completely and it is much easier to maintain than the one in SA which has a marbelite finish. Man I really should get on to that Glenda site as I am rambling off topic, on the other hand probably not.
Picking up further on the assumed longer and maybe wider aircraft due to fuel bulk, there maybe implications on runway lengths/widths for landings. impossible to provide longer runways in most major airports so some element of work required on braking systems and airport design in order to put them back down safely onto the tarmac, this will provide a drag to development. I think military will be the fore runners, although im sure the worlds governments would prefer some of the 'teething' troubles are ironed out initially by commercial operators.
Hindenburg safety thoughts also to concern oneself when full of people.
Having a makerel or three nipping on one's feathers, prior to reeling them out and giving a good but simple roasting is a very real pleasure indeed, oft practised in these parts. especially nice with an appropriate glaze.
I myself am not to fussed what fuels the plane i travel on, as i dont fly that often prefering to drive when visiting the continent, but some of the Airbus suggested designs do indeed look very futuristic and interesting. It appears the initial idea is for the commercial and domestic markets and some stunning looking aircraft are suggested, a bit like the concept cars produced for the various motor shows by the big manufacturers.
I do wonder whether the military market might pose more of an interesting market place, after all those aircraft are usually the cutting edge of flying and enjoy the bottomless pit of government defence spendings in a race to stay in front of the opposition. It would be interesting to understand what advantages a differing fuel source could bring to such an aircraft.
As i say im not bothered about fuels at all so not looked into it, but does hydrogen give 'more bang for its buck' and make fighter jets faster, if so id imagine the military builders would take a substantial interest and lead. Time will tell, if it ends up going this way in the end. https://www.airbus.com/innovation/zero-emission/hydrogen/zeroe.html
Obviously the fuel is hydrogen not nitrogen. Too much beer last night.
I will give the fishing a rest today it is too easy so let’s discuss aviation.
Aircraft as we know them today will be the tail end of oil powered engines. Airbus and Boeing in the main have been and will be racing against each other to produce passenger aircraft powered by hydrogen by the year 2035. They both hope by then they will have a 737/320 size aircraft flying. It is a tall order and aircraft design will have to accommodate fuel tanks with a capacity of four times the present ones. This will probably mean storage in the fuselage behind the passengers making fo much longer aircraft. A range of approx 2000 nautical miles will be the aim for the turbo fan aircraft. Obviously long haul aircraft will take a good deal longer to develop.
Some aircraft companies producing small vehicles are well advanced and a nitrogen powered aircraft had its maiden flight only the other day. I myself are involved with a company doing a retrofit on a prop aircraft to enable it to carry underwing pods filled with nitrogen as the power source.
What is the impact with aircraft carriers? Obviously when this technology comes to fruition a gradually fazing out of oil powered aircraft will take place and for companies like Rya who don’t hang on to their aircraft for 30 years plus it should not be a problem. The disposing of second hand aircraft will become troublesome the nearer to 2035 it is. Once nitrogen powered aircraft are operating there will be an almighty push from the “green” brigade to get rid of the oil powered vehicles. Incidentally the same power source will become common in road vehicles. Obviously the $100. a barrel price will never be seen again.
Now the pool.