It is the largest aircraft in the world; Wind blades will carry | Radia's WindRunner to be the world's largest aircraft ever built The world's largest aircraft is coming; 356 feet long and 79 feet high
Wind turbines are an important source of renewable energy. The bigger the wind turbine, the more energy it produces. But transporting these wind blades by land has limitations. To solve this problem, a start-up company is planning to build the world's largest airplane. Radia, an energy startup from Colorado, is approaching such a big goal.
Radia manufactures a massive aircraft called the Wind Runner for wind turbines. The Windrunner will be larger than the largest airplanes today. The company informs that the Windrunner will be 356 feet long and 79 feet high. The Windrunner will be 106 feet longer than the Boeing 747-8, today's longest airliner. This huge plane can carry 80 tons of goods. 12 times more than Boeing 747!
If a runway is built near the wind farm, the wind runner will fly directly to the wind farm with the blades. Because of such a large plane, the runway would need to be at least 6,000 feet long. Windrunners can easily carry wind blades 150 to 300 feet long and 35 tons in weight.
Radia was founded by Mark Lundstrom, a rocket scientist from MIT. Mark and his team have been chasing this big dream for the past seven years. The main challenges to be overcome were the challenges of landing and taking off with such a large cargo. Mark Lundström says that once the Wind Runner becomes a reality, wind power production will increase by 20 percent and the cost of energy production will decrease by 35 percent.
Mark Lundstrom estimates that the Wind Runner will take over the skies within the next four years. Blades up to 300 feet long can be easily carried on the wind runner. WindRunner will therefore help build wind farms that produce twice as much energy as current average wind farms. Although the primary target is windmills, Wind Runner also has more extensive targets. The fact that the Wind Runner can quickly carry heavy equipment and other things is also a great possibility in the field of defense.
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Radia's WindRunner to be the world's largest aircraft ever built