SAI Quiet Supersonic Transport

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SAI QSST
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Type: Supersonic business jet
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:
First flight:

Never happened

Commissioning:

Development canceled in 2010

Production time:

Was never mass-produced

The SAI Quiet Supersonic Transport ( QSST ) was a project by the American manufacturer Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI) to develop a supersonic business jet .

history

In 2001, SAI commissioned Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to develop a supersonic business jet in a $ 25 million project . The QSST was to cost $ 80 million each and accommodate up to 16 passengers. Originally, the first machine should be airworthy in 2014, the first delivery was planned for 2016. After problems with financing, the schedule for the maiden flight was postponed to 2017, before the entire project was canceled in 2010.

With the QSST, the transition to supersonic speed at a height of 18,000 meters on the ground should only be perceptible with a noise level of 65 dB. That corresponds to a hundredth of the Concorde noise level.

Technical data QSST

Parameter Data
crew 2
Passengers 12-16
length 40.27 m
span 19.20 m
height 3.73 m
Max. Takeoff mass unknown
Top speed Mach 1.8 (2200 km / h)
optimal cruising speed Mach 1.6 (1960 km / h)
Service ceiling 18,000 m
Range approx. 4600 km
Engines two (manufacturer General Electric, Pratt & Whitney or Rolls-Royce)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Supersonic travel may return, minus boom", June 18, 2009 , by A. Pawlowski
  2. ^ Welt: "The first civilian supersonic jet after the Concorde" , November 27, 2009, 10:42 am , by Clemens Gleich
List of aircraft types made by Lockheed Martin


Civil series:

1 Vega • 2 Vega • 3 Air Express • 4 Explorer • 5 Vega • 7 Explorer • 8 Sirius • 8 Altair • 9 Orion • 10 Electra • 12 Electra Junior • 14 Super Electra • 18 Lodestar • L-44 Excalibur • Constellation family • L-049 Constellation • L-75 Saturn • L-100 Hercules • L-188 Electra • L-649 Constellation • L-749 Constellation • L-1011 TriStar • L-1049 Super Constellation • L-1249 Super Constellation • L- 1329 JetStar • L-1649 Starliner • L-2000 • QSST

Bomber:

Y1A-9 • A-28 • A-29 • XB-30 • B-34 • B-37

Transport aircraft:

Y1C-12 • Y1C-17 • Y1C-23 • Y1C-25 • XC-35 • C-36 • C-37 • C-40 • C-56 • C-57 • C-59 • C-60 • C- 63 • C-66 • C-69 • UC-85 • UC-101 • C-104 • C-111 • C-121 • C-130  ( KC-130 ) ( AC-130 ) • C-139 • C- 140 • C-141 • C-5 • JO • XRO • R2O • R3O • XR4O • R5O • XR6O / R6V • R7O / R7V • R8V / GV / UV

(Electronic) reconnaissance aircraft:

O-56 • F-4 • F-5 • F-14 • YO-3 • EC-121 • EC-130 • WC-130 • EP-3 • RB-69 • U-2 (TR-1) • A -12 • SR-71 • PO / WV • XW2V

Fighter aircraft:

XFM-2 • XPB-3 • YP-24 • P-38 • XP-49 • XP-58 • P-80 / F-80 • XF-90 • F-94 • F-97 • F-104 • F- 117 • YF-12 • F-16 • F-22 • F-35

Helicopter:

CL-475 • XH-51 • AH-56 • VH-71

Sea patrols / reconnaissance aircraft:

PBO • PV • P-2 (P2V) • P-3 (P3V) • P-7 • CP-122 • CP-140 • S-3

Drones (UAVs):

AQM-60 • MQM-105 • D-21 • P-175 • RQ-3 • RQ-170

Training aircraft:

AT-18 • T-33 • T-40 • TO / TV • T2V (T-1)

Test aircraft and projects:

CL-400 • M-21 • P-791 • SR-72 • X-7 • X-17 • X-27 • X-35 • X-44 • X-55 • X-56 • XFV-1 • XV- 4 • FB-22

Military series by name:

Blackbird • Constellation • Constitution • Dragon Lady • Galaxy • Harpoon • Hercules • Hudson • JetStar • Lightning • Lightning II • Lodestar • Neptune AP-2H • Neptune P-2 • Nighthawk • Orion • Oxcart • Raptor • Shooting Star P-80, F-80 • Shooting Star T-33 • Starfighter • Starfire • Starlifter • Super Constellation • Ventura • Viking