Just looking at some soviet aircraft of wwii the most distinctive feature is the diamond wings, which basically all of their fighters seemed to feature.
Any idea why the soviets were so obsessed with this tapered design? and any idea what the big benefits and disadvantages of it were?
I don't know anything about it but it would seem to be a good design for helping with roll rate, and from the very basic i have read on aerodynamics i would assume that it would be one of the better designs for reducing induced drag (during turns), if not as good as a pure elliptical design, but these are simple guesses and i'd love to know more from somebody who has studied aerodynamics a bit more.
Just for reference:
Any idea why the soviets were so obsessed with this tapered design? and any idea what the big benefits and disadvantages of it were?
I don't know anything about it but it would seem to be a good design for helping with roll rate, and from the very basic i have read on aerodynamics i would assume that it would be one of the better designs for reducing induced drag (during turns), if not as good as a pure elliptical design, but these are simple guesses and i'd love to know more from somebody who has studied aerodynamics a bit more.
Just for reference:
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