Gliders have a wing cord of maybe a foot or two. The body of this thing is like 30 feet long. Maintaining laminar flow across such a surface is mostly impossib

Gliders have a wing cord of maybe a foot or two. The body of this thing is like 30 feet long. Maintaining laminar flow across such a surface is mostly impossible. Bugs and scratches are bad, but at that size tiny paint defects would be an issue. "This is your pilot speaking. It looks like we have some bird dirt stuck to us. We therefore must cut our journey short."