中国新型高超音速飞机可以让我们在两小时内从北京飞到纽约 [美国媒体]

Global powers are pushing flight faster. With Japan looking to reintroduce supersonic speeds to aircraft, China has joined several US companies in working on aircraft capable of achieving hypersonic speeds - and they're relatively far along.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing successfully tested their "I Plane" (named because it resembles a capital 'I' when viewed from the front) in a wind tunnel at speeds ranging from Mach 5 to Mach 7, or than 3,800 to 5,370 miles per hour.
In their research, published in the journal , the team explains the hypersonic plane would only need a "couple of hours" to travel from Beijing to New York.For comparison, a commercial airline flight can take at least 14 hours.Testing has been successful so far, with the craft producing low drag and high lift.As reported by the South China Morning Post, the I Plane's lift was roughly 25 percent of that of a Boeing 737; compared to the 737's ability to carry up to 20 tonnes, or 200 passengers, an I Plane of the same size could carry 5 tonnes or 50 passengers.

全球的大国们正在加快飞行速度。随着日本有望将超音速技术重新引入飞机，中国已加入数家美国公司的行列，研发出能够达到高超音速的飞机——而且进展相对较大。位于北京的中国科学院的研究人员成功地在风洞中测试了他们的“I型飞机”(之所以这样命名，是因为从正面看它就像一个大写的“I”)，速度从5马赫到7马赫不等，即每小时超过3800英里到5370英里。在发表于杂志上的研究文章中，研究小组解释说，这种高超音速飞机从北京到纽约只需要“几个小时”。相比之下，商业航空公司的航班至少需要14个小时。到目前为止，测试是成功的，该飞机拥有低阻力和高升力。据《南华早报》报道，I型飞机的升力大约是波音737的25%;与737最多可承载20吨(200名乘客)的能力相比，同样大小的I型飞机可承载5吨(50名乘客)的能力。



Furthermore, the US Navy is testing hypersonic weapons that could hit anywhere on Earth within an hour, and Lockheed Martin hinted in January the SR-72 - the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird - is already in development, and that this hypersonic plane could be flying by 2030.It'll be some time before hypersonic flight comes to commercialized aircraft, but the idea of going hypersonic is already being capitalized on. At this point, it comes to to who can use it more effectively first.

此外，美国海军正在测试高超声速武器，可以在一小时内打击地球上的任何地方，洛克希德·马丁公司在1月份暗示，SR-72——SR-71黑鸟的继任者——已经在开发中，这种高超声速飞机可能在2030年飞行。高超声速飞行商业化还需要一段时间，但高超声速飞行的理念已经得到了充分利用。在这一点上，首先要看谁能更有效地使用它。

Neal Wadsworth
England and France had one in the 70's, it was called Concorde. But I'm glad to hear that the US & China are far along in the process for the "new" one.

英国和法国在70年代有一架协和式飞机。但我很高兴听到美国和中国在“新”协议的进程中走得很远。

Curtis Schierling
Hypersonic plane made in China? Yeaaahhhh, I'll pass.

中国制造的高超音速飞机?好吧,我选择无视。



Adam Reynolds
That means Chicago to Hongkong would be about the same flight time. That beats the hell outta a 19 hour flight. When are they gonna start flying these

这意味着芝加哥到香港的航班时间差不多。这会打败19个小时的飞行时间。他们什么时候开始飞这些东西

Trevor Rans
China can’t even make an airliner that works properly. If they did this, I wouldn’t be willing to fly it. Spend a year or two dealing with Chinese commercial grade products and you won’t be too impressed.

中国甚至不能制造出正常工作的飞机。如果他们做出来了，我也不会坐 。花一年或两年的时间与中国的商业级产品打交道，你不会留下太好的印象。



Skip Burroughs
Well the US will never make one because we're a nation of idiots these days.

美国永远不会制造这种飞机，因为我们现在是一个由白痴组成的国家。
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