RCU Forums - View Single Post - Flying Wing question
View Single Post
Old 07-30-2009 | 12:07 PM
  #3  
Lnewqban's Avatar
Lnewqban
 
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,057
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: South Florida
Default RE: Flying Wing question


ORIGINAL: flyboybuster

Why are all the flying wings that I see on the market either tapered, swept, or delta?
The tips are back far from the CG, functioning like the tail does in a regular configuration: pushing down.
Swept back also acts like dihedral.

ORIGINAL: flyboybuster

Can you use a straight wing for a flying wing design???
Yes, but it would be less pitch stable and the airfoil must be reflexed.

ORIGINAL: flyboybuster

I'd like to make a ducted fan tie fighter with half of a crashed 4 star wing; do you think it's possible?
Only if you add a tail, I believe.