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To: driftdiver

Doesn’t a delta wing limit top speed for an aircraft?


10 posted on 03/29/2014 4:11:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Delta


16 posted on 03/29/2014 4:16:48 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m not an engineer but I don’t think so. Consider the shuttle, B1 bomber, F111, and a host of other high speed planes which use a delta or swept wing configuration.


17 posted on 03/29/2014 4:17:25 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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