SZZ 'Superb ZunZún' Supersonic business Jet

A new era of supersonic flight is almost here… If things go as planned, in the skies we could see supersonic airplanes again in ten years.

But first, Oscar Viñals explains, we will have to find solutions to today’s obstacles that make the return of supersonic airplanes possible only in future concept designs or in an “embryonic state”.
Obstacles such as:
-To build efficient and “greener” engines
-The problem of the sonic boom
-New materials capable to resist high temperatures during long flights
-Aerodynamics
-International regulation about altitude and zones where those future airplanes could operate
…and a few more…

The SZZ Superb “ZunZún” is a concept design about the future supersonic business/private Jet planes. Its name comes from a little and fast bird that is found in habitats from Cuba and The Bahamas. Is a species of hummingbird in the family of the Trochilidae.

Designer Oscar Viñals said:

“Imagine we are in a century that we could define as “the great and fast change”, it’s not sci-fi… return to the Moon, travel to Mars, Space tourism. In this 21st Century we could find as “familiar” words and definitions like, Nuclear Fusion Reactor, AI systems (Artificial Intelligence), Plasma devices, Nano structures of Graphene, Supercapacitors, nanocomposites or Gallium Nitride semiconductors/power converters, and many more… that will come. This represents the beginning of a New Era on Aerospatiale & Aeronautic Industries.”

Basic specifications:

-Cruise speed: Mach 1.7 (2,099 km/h) max. speed, Mach 2.2 (2,716 km/h)
-Ceiling: 18,000 m / 59,055 ft
-Range: 9,989 nm / 18,500 km
-Crew: 3
-Passengers: up to 11
-Engines: 2 Hybrid Turbofan & 2 Ramjet
-Wingspan: 26.40 m (86.61ft)
-Length: 40.70 m (133.53 ft)
-EERS Secure system (Emergency Ejection & Rescue System)
-AI system
-Air flow control via Plasma Actuators & AI system
-Battery storage (under Jet Fuselage and as a part of its structure)
-TEG system (Thermo-Electric Generator –nose/front side-)
-Quiet than current Supersonics Jets, thanks to its engines and its special isolating materials and its location, on the rear part of the fuselage
-More Eco-friendly than current Supersonics Jets
-3D guidance system
-Sonic boom “eraser” (low sonic boom noise)