Just a aircraft lover
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- Nov 27, 2023
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I don't understand? What do you mean "which is which?"
Is there supposed to be a picture or something
Oh well. thanks for telling me
Oh well. thanks for telling me
if its huge its airbusI use the rule of thumb.
If it's beautiful, it's Boeing.
I use the rule of thumb.
If it's beautiful, it's Boeing.
They were all designed by Fokker for the bomber mafia right up to the B-52 and 747.I use the rule of thumb.
If it's beautiful, it's Boeing.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - deep breath - oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!Just waiting for the questions for the colours of a model that's getting built....
There is an advantage to having flaps and ailerons' hinges perpendicular to the airflow, but at the small angles on basically unswept wings, it's negligible. It's probably a mix of center of gravity, packaging, and aesthetics.Getting a bit side tracked here, from the 3-view drawings one can see both planes do the wing taper with the leading edge, with the trailing edges more or less straight. Many other planes do the opposite, and still other have both the leading and trailing edges slightly turned into each other.
Is there some particular aerodynamic reason to prefer one or the other, or is it more a question of where on the fuselage there is space available for the wing box?
(not discussing "proper" swept wings here which do have an aerodynamic reason.)