Originally posted by Johng
Oh, hey, a pic just reminded me - how do you think a facet plane like the F-117 flies? On the same principle we are talking about here....
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The F-117 is what you get when an electrical engineer designs an airplane!
Aerodynamically.. oi!!!
Very very noisy slipstream.
Too many edges.
Somewhat manuverable, but probably not a good idea to spin one.
The sharp leading edge on a symmetrical set of flat plates keeps landing speeds up in the 170 knot region.