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To: gridlock

What makes it bad?


6 posted on 04/13/2025 4:50:42 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

It has no ailerons. Roll control is spoilers only. During slow speed flight or an engine failure the last thing you need is more drag and less lift.

It was a bad concept from the beginning, but fast as blazes.

EC


13 posted on 04/13/2025 5:27:28 PM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: nwrep

It has no ailerons. Roll control is spoilers only. During slow speed flight or an engine failure the last thing you need is more drag and less lift.

It was a bad concept from the beginning, but fast as blazes.

EC


14 posted on 04/13/2025 5:27:30 PM PDT by Ex-Con777
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