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I watched Scott Manley's video [1], and he only mentions 10%. I don't think 10% is anything to sneeze at. No need to pump it up to 30%. [1] https://www.youtube

I watched Scott Manley's video [1], and he only mentions 10%. I don't think 10% is anything to sneeze at. No need to pump it up to 30%. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5LYkGHkTc&t=704s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5LYkGHkTc&t=704s

kristianp 4y ago
Great video. I don't understand why they're looking at transonic speeds and calling it a transonic demonstrator. Airlines travel slower these days to save fuel costs. Edit: also, why does this have to be a full-sized demo? Can't a half-size demo do a sufficiently good job?
- aaron695 4y ago
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- olliej 4y ago
  I assume smaller braced wing planes have already been made in the past, so making another similar scale one wouldn’t tell you anything new? Presumably the engineering challenges here are related to the scale of the craft now rather than other issues?