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Old 04-02-2007, 01:11 PM
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Tall Paul
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Default RE: Wing-Lift Increasing Idea (Tested by me)!!!!

As I recall, the wing on he X-21 had many feet of slots machined in the upper and lower skins.
Compressors mounted under each wing about where the motors were on the B-66 sucked air thru these slots.
The design, machining, fabrication of the wings wasn't cost effective.
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