And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Those boys do know how to spend the peoples money. Would think it could have been modeled and flown in the computer while doing stress testing or a ton less of money. But then what the hell do I know said the taxpayer!
Not what I thought of when I saw the title. I was thinking of the Scissor Wing Transport concept from the 70s. I build one of the Estes model rockets of it and it worked fairly well...until it didn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_AD-1
Carbon composites make forward sweep possible because they are so strong and light. The airflow wants to twist the wing off and it gets worse the faster you go which is the opposite of rearward sweep so aluminium doesn't cut if you want speed. Junkers kicked it off in WW2 but the design is still rare although you can buy the Russian SR 10 trainer if keen and loaded.
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ReplyDeleteThose boys do know how to spend the peoples money. Would think it could have been modeled and flown in the computer while doing stress testing or a ton less of money. But then what the hell do I know said the taxpayer!
ReplyDeleteNot what I thought of when I saw the title. I was thinking of the Scissor Wing Transport concept from the 70s. I build one of the Estes model rockets of it and it worked fairly well...until it didn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_AD-1
ReplyDeleteCarbon composites make forward sweep possible because they are so strong and light. The airflow wants to twist the wing off and it gets worse the faster you go which is the opposite of rearward sweep so aluminium doesn't cut if you want speed. Junkers kicked it off in WW2 but the design is still rare although you can buy the Russian SR 10 trainer if keen and loaded.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Grumman X-29a. Saw it on the cover of a magazine (Popular Something) back in the 80s.
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