Imagine that you are a capsule carries you directly to the inside of the plane and traveling by air through which then connects you to your destination by rail without having to exit or enter from and to anywhere.
This is not a fiction but a reality Institute "Federal Polytechnic" Swiss seek to apply it in order to change the way in which the civil aviation and air freight.
Name of innovation "Clip-Air", and is in a plane carrying more than one cabin, and thus can transport passengers and cargo in one trip.
It is expected that the new plane speed equivalent to the normal aircraft speed of medium-sized and can be switched cabins connected by plane and change the size or function of a trip to the other, as you can play different airlines to rent cabins from each plane, which means that different airlines will sell its cards on the same flight.
This is due not only to fly the plane, but that are also a vehicle for download on the rail to complete the journey by road.
Says company founder Edison Hunland "Airinsight" Consulting Air plane such that "even though it's a great idea, but it is difficult to be applied commercially."
EPFL scientists have imagined a new modular transportation system. Modules are either loaded on a train or clipped under a flying wing, allowing more flexibility for people or fret transportation. Called "Clip-Air", this concept opens the door to a wide range of new research opportunities.
in the context of flexible transportation.
Note the video is in french :
EPFL scientists have imagined a new modular transportation system. Modules are either loaded on a train or clipped under a flying wing, allowing more flexibility for people or fret transportation. Called "Clip-Air", this concept opens the door to a wide range of new research opportunities.
in the context of flexible transportation.