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You might not even need wings. You could just shape the fuselage like a wing. Not sure if that would be the ideal for all applications, though. Maybe the smalle
by marvin 6y ago
You might not even need wings. You could just shape the fuselage like a wing. Not sure if that would be the ideal for all applications, though. Maybe the smaller cross-section of small wings and a more narrow fuselage would be better in some situations.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoThis is like the lifting body aircraft NASA worked on in the 60s[0]. Their downside was high landing speeds which made them dangerous and hard to fly safely, but with VTOL that problem is mostly eliminated. Edit: That said, I just read the article and his proposal seems completely infeasible to me barring some sort of massive technological breakthrough. I don't think supersonic electric flight is impossible, but I don't think it would look like what he described and I don't think it has any commercial relevance given the current state of technology and its likely future developments. [0]: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-011-DFRC.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-01...