[managusta]

[Leg Olam]

Interesting but what happens if power is lost?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I’d sure like to see how it executes a barrell roll using nothing but varitions of thrust.

[r9etb]

Maneuver without flaps? Already been done....

[rocket002]

Wait until you lose an engine (thrust) and cannot control it. Give me a Cessna 152 instead. I can land that puppy al day long with no power.

I’m assuming this has an ejection seat....

[avg_freeper]

Flaps are a mechanism used to provide an increment in lift during takeoff or landing. They are not a control device. (with the exception of unique designs like flaperons)

The author of this article means elevator, aileron, rudder, etc. when they write "flap".

[wastedyears]

There’s a reason why today’s aircraft have redundancy systems.

[taildragger]

Hmm.....

Double delta platform....

Ergo the Saab Draken and the Dyke Delta.

[green iguana]

No flaps eh?

Then what are those flappy looking things on the back of the wings?

[ml/nj]

Uh. You don't use flaps to control the direction of flight. (They're used to change the flight envelope of the wings, usually so they will work like wings at lower speeds than normal cruise.)

ML/NJ

[avg_freeper]

Boundary layer/forced air blowing designs like this employs are very sensitive to wing surface conditions; i.e. bugs, rain and stuff.

Of course so is a lot of LO technology so may be it's something the operator would already have to consider.

[stefanbatory]

“The DEMON was developed around a concept called ‘’fluidic flight control’’ and is designed to forgo the use of conventional mechanical elevators and ailerons, or flaps. “

Back when I was in airplane school, we’d laugh at presstitute “experts” who made idiotic statements like this...

[DuncanWaring]

Already done.

Al Haynes/UA 232.

Worked out fine, except for that little problem of losing a third of your passengers and can’t use the airplane again.

[Lee'sGhost]

Sure looks like it has flaps to me.

[theymakemesick]

Aircraft don’t use flaps to “manoeuvre” with, they use ailerons, rudder and elevator. Flaps increase lift allowing steeper approach and departure angles without increasing airspeed requirements.

[pleikumud]

Hey that’s nothing. In the White House we have a Teleprompter of the U.S. who speaks without a brain.

[mountn man]

ping

[RoadTest]

The Wright brothers’ planes maneuvered without flaps.

[getarope]

Doesn’t have a prayer with a name like DEMON.

[Brett66]

This reminds me of one of my favorite experimental planes, the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: