SE Aeronautics SE200 tri-wing airliner promises 70% lower fuel burn

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I'm putting this straight in with the fakes.

No-one involved has a track record in aviation. Check.
They are looking to hire great sales people before they have anything to sell. Check.
Claims are unbelievable. Check.
Looks darn silly. Check.
Story and pics all over the damn internet. Check.

Stavatti bingo!

SE Aeronautics

Let The Revolution Begin!

www.seaeronautics.com

View: https://youtu.be/K2wbPlBs-jQ

 

[dannydale]

How do three aerosurfaces add to less drag than one single aerosurface of the same area anyway? Yeah, throw this in the Stavatti bin!

 

[Boombabb2]

Through voodoo space magic obviously!

In all seriousness, I highly doubt this will actual become anything. The single piece fuselage is also pretty ambitious.
I would love to be proven wrong though.

 

[Archibald]

The original SE200 (SNCASE big flying boat) made more sense and was nicer to the eye...

 

[Nik]

IMHO, the 'logic' is they get a 'big' aircraft's capacity at 'regional' wing-span and terminals.

Unfortunately, thanks to Covid, which is not going away, the next decade is likely to see a surfeit of capacity.

So, techno-hype aside, lose / lose...

 

[Tonton-42]

And why don’t we go back to the biplane formula while we’re at it ? In addition, the Hurel big aspect ratio wings have proved their worth for 70 years ... knowing that the wing tandems have shown their poor performance since WW1 ... and before with the Blériot nr 8 !