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Posted Mon, Nov 16, 1:57 p.m.
By the way, the fabulous Rutan wings seem to be not flying wings for several good reasons. First, they're usually quite low speed, and extra fuselage drag is less of an issue. The high flyer - long distance series is particularly sailplane like (slow and aerodynamically efficient), with the large ...
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 16, 1:30 p.m.
Mr. Fortner is right about refinement vs. revolution, and about the prospect of a flying wing design. It wouldn't be as revolutionary as a hypersonic wave-rider, but it would be much more than the 787 refinements. When it comes to the B-2, its flying wing design is the descendent of ...
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