Should airplanes look like birds? Engineers envision more fuel-efficient design

PhysOrg ^ | November 21, 2010 | Unknown

[KarlInOhio]

I've already designed an airplane shaped like a bird. Take a domestic turkey, strap a GE J79 engine on it and whoosh! Of it goes into the wild blue yonder. As God is my witness, now turkeys can fly.

If two J79s can power an F-4, it should only take one for a turkey.

[decimon]

Hate to think what your wind tunnel must look like.

[rockrr]

Do they refer to that as an Aardvark? It figures that I would pull out a name randomly and have it turn out to be a real reference...;-)

[decimon]

Do they refer to that as an Aardvark?

I read that the Australians referred to their F-111s as Aardvarks.

[r9etb]

siiighhhhhh.... a lot of the responses on this thread are lamentably predictable...

[r9etb]

Do you mean epitome?

No.... I'm sure he meant "epidome."

"Epi" from the Greek for "upon;" and "dome" as in "bubble."

So birds would be "on the bubble" of aerodynamic styling.

;-)

[decimon]

siiighhhhhh.... a lot of the responses on this thread are lamentably predictable...

Knew you'd say that.

[r9etb]

:-P pthpbpbpbpbpbp

[B4Ranch]

"dependence on the Saudi Arabs" is a decision determined in Congress and the Senate. We can produce all we need from our continental resources if we choose to do so.

Of course we will be expected to contribute substantial foreign aid in the form of cash to the Muslim Muslum Saudi Arabs. It helps tremendously when you have your first cousin in the White House.