London design company Seymourpowell is looking at travel in a different way. They envision that in the future, in terms of travel, time will be the luxury. So instead of creating a faster aircraft, they have come up with a concept that can be described as a moving, luxurious hotel in the sky. Seymourpowell describes their new Aircruise concept as "a giant, elegant clipper in the clouds' airship". Essentially it is a long, narrow, diamond-shaped blimp with a very luxurious interior. The airship will move at about 100 to 150 km/h, making a flight from London to Shanghai in 90 hours and London to New York in 37 hours. They say, "In a world where speed is almost a universal obsession, the idea of making a leisurely journey in comfort is a welcome contrast". The design is about 12,000 feet high and is designed to hold only a couple of passengers. It is powered by and is able to float by the use of hydrogen fuel cells contained in four "flexible envelopes". All the onboard technology would be powered by solar panels, making it silent and pollution free. The concept poses a very large engineering challenge and i am not quite sure hot it will be solved successfully. Big-name electronics company Samsung is very interested in this new travel concept and has asked Seymourpowell to refine their idea and create a computer animation of the Aircruise experience.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Seymourpowell's Aircruise Concept
London design company Seymourpowell is looking at travel in a different way. They envision that in the future, in terms of travel, time will be the luxury. So instead of creating a faster aircraft, they have come up with a concept that can be described as a moving, luxurious hotel in the sky. Seymourpowell describes their new Aircruise concept as "a giant, elegant clipper in the clouds' airship". Essentially it is a long, narrow, diamond-shaped blimp with a very luxurious interior. The airship will move at about 100 to 150 km/h, making a flight from London to Shanghai in 90 hours and London to New York in 37 hours. They say, "In a world where speed is almost a universal obsession, the idea of making a leisurely journey in comfort is a welcome contrast". The design is about 12,000 feet high and is designed to hold only a couple of passengers. It is powered by and is able to float by the use of hydrogen fuel cells contained in four "flexible envelopes". All the onboard technology would be powered by solar panels, making it silent and pollution free. The concept poses a very large engineering challenge and i am not quite sure hot it will be solved successfully. Big-name electronics company Samsung is very interested in this new travel concept and has asked Seymourpowell to refine their idea and create a computer animation of the Aircruise experience.
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