From: bretcahill@aol.com   
      
   > >> Put the fuselage inside of 2 counter rotating fans and the core engines   
   in tandem inside of the fuselage, geared together in case one engine fails   
   like the Osprey.  The engine room would split the cabin area in two displacing   
   a few dozen seats so    
   the wide body version would have a for cabin and an aft cabin, bathrooms and   
   crews etc.   
   > >   
   > > So a helicopter then. These don't have the greatest safety record in   
   > > general.   
   >    
   > I think Brett is designing LeDuc.   
   >    
   >    
      
   No engines on the wings but that's where the similarity ends.   
      
   The LeDuc engine is inside of the fuselage, same as many older jet fighters   
   which could never take off w/o a runway VTOL because of low / zero bypass   
   ratio.   
      
   For radical increases in bypass ratio you need to do it the other way around:     
      
   Put the fuselage inside of the engine, or at least inside the fan.   
      
   The front and rear of the plane don't necessarily need to look much different   
   than conventional airliners.     
      
      
   Bret Cahill   
      
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