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**flnastyax** · 09-04-2012, 06:57 AM

It is an interesting idea, but wouldn't the unemployed wing shape produce horrible drag in both configurations? Either that, or they would produce unwanted and uncontrolled lift?

There's a reason that A380's can't "knife edge".

The aircraft illustrated would not fly! That's just not how it works. Flying wings do not have that kind of profile. It's closest useful cousin is a four bladed boomerang, and those do not make for good aero plane designs.

09-04-2012, 06:57 AM	#8
flnastyax Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	It is an interesting idea, but wouldn't the unemployed wing shape produce horrible drag in both configurations? Either that, or they would produce unwanted and uncontrolled lift? There's a reason that A380's can't "knife edge". The aircraft illustrated would not fly! That's just not how it works. Flying wings do not have that kind of profile. It's closest useful cousin is a four bladed boomerang, and those do not make for good aero plane designs.
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