LAPCAT
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LAPCAT A2 Facts and Figures
| Design mission |
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| Brussels to Sydney (via North Pole and Bering straits to avoid supersonic overflight of Eurasian land mass) |
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| Distance: | 18700 km |
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| Flight time: | 4.6 hours (under realistic air traffic control conditions) |
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| Reserve range: | 5000 km @ Mach 0.9 | |
| Payload | 300 passengers (plus baggage) | |
| Vehicle parameters |
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| Gross takeoff mass: | 400 tonnes |
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| Fuel mass: | 198 tonnes (liquid hydrogen) |
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| Fuselage length: | 139 m |
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| Fuselage diameter: | 7.5 m |
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| Wingspan: | 41 m |
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| Wing area: | 900 m2 | |
| Performance | ||
| Mach 0.9 cruise Lift/Drag 11.0 (5.9 km altitude) SFC 96.0 kN/kg/s Mach 5.0 cruise Lift/Drag 5.9 (25-28 km altitude) SFC 40.9 kN/kg/s Takeoff sideline noise @450m 101.9 dBA |
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| Costs | ||
| Estimated 13 year Development program @ €22,600 M (2006 prices) Vehicle sale price €639 M (assuming production run of 100 vehicles) One way ticket price (Brussels – Sydney) €3940 |
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LAPCAT A2 Factsheet
(PDF, 84kb)
(PDF, 84kb)
