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The wing design reminded me of this Real Engineering video on the pros and cons of backward swept wings, including a look at the Grumman X-29: https://www.yout
by brownbat 7y ago
The wing design reminded me of this Real Engineering video on the pros and cons of backward swept wings, including a look at the Grumman X-29:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN6vGxyMcVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN6vGxyMcVU
This definitely isn't shooting for mach 1.8, so the X-29 isn't an analogue, but there are interesting points about aerodynamics in that video nonetheless.