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World’s largest airplane. It’s being built by a billionaire. It’s getting ready to fly.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3147212" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>True. That's what struck me as most interesting about this aircraft--the fact that the tails weren't connected. That has the potential to put huge twisting loads on the central wing section, so there must be a combination of computer active control of the empennages and some remarkable materials in the central wing. My only guess as to a reason for such a design is to leave more clear space in the middle for the payload spacecraft than a connected tail would provide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3147212, member: 13624"] True. That's what struck me as most interesting about this aircraft--the fact that the tails weren't connected. That has the potential to put huge twisting loads on the central wing section, so there must be a combination of computer active control of the empennages and some remarkable materials in the central wing. My only guess as to a reason for such a design is to leave more clear space in the middle for the payload spacecraft than a connected tail would provide. [/QUOTE]
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