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What are Windowless Planes?
What are Windowless Planes?
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UK-based tech innovation company Centre for Process Innovation's Windowless Fuselage concept replaces windows on commercial planes with high-definition, flexible panels that can display breathtaking views of the world around the aircraft as it soars across the sky. The proposed plane, which could be realized within the next 10 years, would reduce weight and fuel costs of the plane.
Established around ten years back, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK based technology innovation centre recently revealed a design for a windowless fuselage. But though it is windowless, it lets you see what is outside the aircraft because the inner portion of the fuselage is a big, continuous OLED touchscreen. This means that you will have the feeling of being inside a cinema rather than an airplane.
This concept was making rounds in the internet sometime back and reports have arrived that the actual testing of the prototype is being carried out by CPI in the UK. The promotional video released by the company on YouTube advertises the product as making the ‘Journey’ more enjoyable. However, not all travellers have agreed to this. Though the video is streamed live, you can only see what is shown on the screen and not what you really want to see. You might not know a few things like how close you are to the ground, what is actually happening outside, or even whether the video on the screen is live or not!
Apart from this, there are various touch screen enabled options that offer different in-flight services, entertainment and a lot more. CPI believes that this fuselage will be a lot thinner, but stronger than the normal ones. This will increase the fuel efficiency of the airplane as well. But most researchers have raised doubts if this could be a real possibility in commercial aircraft, while some of them have given this project a ‘thumbs up’.
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Few travel enthusiasts have mentioned that the new windowless fuselage can cause travel sickness for passengers because of the rolling, pitching and yawing motion of the aircraft during flight. This will be projected with more intensity on the screen, which could turn out to be a huge problem for travellers who are prone to air sickness. Though the windowless fuselage seems to be a product right out of a science fiction movie, we have to admit that there are a lot of complications concerning it. While CPI seems confident about this concept going commercial, we must admit that we have a few doubts.
Some internet users have also experienced concerns through photoshop, as this one. However, the idea is really impressive, but the real question is whether it would become a reality. It would certainly be nice to travel in an aircraft with a windowless fuselage, but we would just have to wait and watch!
Written and edited by Kemmy
World’s first Windowless Aircraft Fuselage developed by CPI Established around ten years back, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK based technology innovation centre recently revealed a design for a windowless fuselage.
