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> you had biplanes; then you had triplanes. You could have followed that farther, and added more wings - but it wouldn't have improved things. But people did t
by jefftk 3y ago
> you had biplanes; then you had triplanes. You could have followed that farther, and added more wings - but it wouldn't have improved things.
But people did try! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besson_H-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besson_H-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplane_(aeronautics)#Quadruplanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplane_(aeronautics)#Quadr...
- isolli 3y agoWhy stop here? This engineer experimented with 20 wings and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Frederick_Phillips https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Frederick_Phillips
- checkyoursudo 3y agoShould've kept going.