The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design ...
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VTOL Power - The Incredible Bell X-22 VTOL Plane
In the early 60s, there were several studies into creating the first mass-produced vtol aircraft. A plane that could operate like a jet, and then at the same time, land vertically where needed. Bell, ...
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This Plane Is Cursed - The Forgotten Flying Wing…
The XB-35 flying wing could have only existed thanks to one man, Jack Northrop, a brilliant engineer who realized that ...
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More fuel-efficient aircraft could be developed, new method offers accurate drag predictions
Called AeroMap, the framework estimates drag for different wing-body configurations operating at speeds close to the speed of ...
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Fast, accurate drag predictions could help improve aircraft design
Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a computational approach that can provide aerodynamic drag data more ...
While Airbus expects its next narrowbody jet will have a traditional tube-and-wing configuration, it has not abandoned the idea of an eventual blended-wing-body (BWB) design for a larger jet. That is ...
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Lightning-prediction tool could help protect the planes of the future
More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won ...
The iconic X-wing ship design from Star Wars is something many a hobbyist have tried to recreate, and not always with success ...
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