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It looks like the flying wing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49 My grandpa worked on drones for Northr
by tingletech 7y ago
It looks like the flying wing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
My grandpa worked on drones for Northrup from the late 60s to the late 80s, and he loved the flying wing design (not used on his drone though). He built op-amp based control systems, and flew jet drones with oscillators and large portable field plotters.
- jacobush 7y agoInspired by the captured WW2 German flying wing, no doubt.
- hackeraccount 7y agoThe idea of a flying wing predates WWII. https://www.airforcemag.com/article/jack-northrop-and-the-flying-wing/ https://www.airforcemag.com/article/jack-northrop-and-the-fl...