This thing looks more and more like the HiMAT below...
The Canards Dihedral may shed a vortex off the tip onto a strategic spot on the main wing at a given AOA...
But remember that this is not an operational fighter, it is a technology demonstrator.
I have read elsewhere that the lower strakes will not be on the production aircraft. They also need to figure out a way to hinge the flaps without those large hinge fairings under the wing. Makes it look like the wing of a 737.
The original pictures and blowng them up from Av Week helped.
Yes those fairings are huge. Flaps on a canard don't work if you will , They cause pitching moment down and I can't remember a Rutan design that had them on the main wing other than his "Grizzly" which was a three surface design.
This thing looks more and more like the HiMAT below...
The Canards Dihedral may shed a vortex off the tip onto a strategic spot on the main wing at a given AOA...
