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加拿大工程師Charles Bombardier再度讓人跌破眼鏡！他公布了新的設計，極音速概念機「Antipode」。
這架概念機可載十位乘客，飛行時速最高可達25,600公里。
想像一下，目前世上最快的汽車，只能達到時速432公里。
若以24倍音速飛行（約等於時速29,000公里），Antipode可在11分鐘內，從倫敦抵達紐約。目前客機航行該路線，大約需要八小時。
Bombardier於2015年11月即已發表「Skreemr」概念機，能以十倍音速飛行。但據說該設計有缺陷。
「Skreemr」概念機發表後，Bombardier遭到眾多質疑，指出聲爆或過熱問題，可能導致這概念無法實行。
有鑑於「Skreemr」的設計缺陷，Bombardier推出「Antipode」作為回應。但先別太興奮，因為要搭這架概念機，還有得等呢。
由於多項所需技術尚未開發，因此這項概念要實現，還要等好幾年。
不過，據說迪羅倫（DeLorean）經典跑車將重開生產線，那大家可能暫不需要24倍音速的飛機了吧。
英文原文：
Charles Bombardier has done it again. The engineer just released concept designs for yet another supersonic aircraft: Antipode.
The plane has been conceptualized to carry as many as 10 passengers up to 12,430 miles in under an hour, reaching speeds as high as 16,000 miles per hour.
If you can imagine, the world’s fastest car clocked in at about 270 miles per hour.
At 16,000, or Mach 24, which is a little over 18,000, Antipode is estimated to be capable of traveling from London to New York in just 11 minutes, a flight that currently takes about 8 hours.
Antipode comes on the heels of Bombardier’s November 2015 aircraft concept: the Skreemr, which promised to travel at Mach 10 speeds … but was rife with design flaws.
Following Skreemr’s announcement, Bombardier was confronted with sonic boom and heating issues that would render the concept nonfunctional.
Antipode is Bombardier’s response to Skreemr’s flaws. But if you’re looking to catch a ride anytime soon, don’t hold your breath.
The aircraft is years away from fruition as most of the technology required to make it functional has yet to be developed.
But now that the DeLorean might be back in production, you might not even need a Mach 24 aircraft.
