NASA: E hoʻolaʻa hou ka mokulele 'hūlū' hou i ka huakaʻi supersonic kalepa

NASA hoolaha ia e hana ana me Lockheed Martin ma kahi papahana hou o kahi mokulele mokulele hiki ke uhai i ka wikiwiki o ka leo me ka hana ʻole ʻana i ka puʻupuʻu sonic kaulana.

ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e holo ana ma ka lewa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka wikiwiki o ke kani e hoʻohua i ka nalu haʻalulu i unuhi ʻia i ka leo nui e like me ka pahū ʻana a i ʻole ka hekili i kapa ʻia he sonic boom, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā wahi ākea, pinepine ka poʻe nui i mau mile mai ka mokulele ponoʻī.

He pilikia nui ka puʻu sonic no ka huakaʻi ea supersonic kalepa a ua koi aku i nā Concorde he nui - ʻo ka British-French turbojet-powered supersonic mokulele mokulele i hana ʻia ma waena o 1976 a me 2003 - nā lele e lohi i ka ʻāina a ma lalo o ka wikiwiki o ke kani.

ʻO ka mokulele hou, i kapa ʻia ʻo X-59, ke kūkulu ʻia nei e Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works ma Palmdale, Kaleponi, a NASA hōʻike "hoʻoikaika" i nā hopena hoʻokolohua makani-tunnel ma kahi kumu hoʻohālike liʻiliʻi o kāna mokulele hou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo T

Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i nā manaʻo hoʻohālikelike kamepiula NASA ma mua e hōʻike ana e hiki i ka mokulele hou ke hana i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka walaʻau, wahi a ke keʻena.

Ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka papahana X-59 'Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft' (QueSST) mai ka makahiki 2018. Lockheed MartinʻO Skunk Works ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papahana. ʻO ka hopena o ka mokulele X-59 e hoʻomohala ʻia ana i hoʻolālā ʻia e loaʻa ka wikiwiki holo moana o 925 mph, ʻo ia ka 1.4 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ke kani.

Me ka X-59, makemake mākou e hōʻike i hiki iā mākou ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻonāukiuki sonic booms i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka mālie, i kapa ʻia ʻo 'sonic thumps,' "wahi a John Wolter, alakaʻi noiʻi ma ka X-59 sonic boom wind-tunnel test.

"ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻikepili walaʻau a me ka pane kaiāulu i nā regulators, hiki ke hopena i nā lula hou no ka lele supersonic overland. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻaʻole mākou he hoʻolālā mokulele ʻoi aku ka mālie, akā ua loaʻa iā mākou nā mea pono pono e wānana i ka walaʻau o nā mokulele e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Wolter.

NASA a ua manaʻo ʻo Lockheed Martin e hoʻomaka i nā hoʻokolohua lele mua ma ka hopena o 2022. I kēia manawa, ke hoʻāʻo ʻia nei ka hoʻohālike holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa ma kahi hale ʻo Texas, wahi a ke keʻena. E hoʻomaka ana nā mokulele "ma luna o nā kaiāulu a puni ka US" i 2024, hoʻohui ia.