05 - Propulsion
COMPARISON OF LIFE CYCLE COST FOR MACH 8 AND MACH 5 HYPERSONIC PASSENGERS AIRCRAFT
L. Pugliese¹, D. Ferretto¹, R. Fusaro¹, N. Viola¹; ¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy
This paper analyses the life cycle cost of two hypersonic long-haul passengers aircraft, characterized by a Mach number in cruise of about 8 and 5 respectively. It aims at promoting a comparison between different architectures and mission concepts in order to understand the impact of vehicle size and operating conditions on final cost breakdown and ticket price for the reference payload.