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KillerJupe t1_iwfgutc wrote

Reply to comment by Fiberdonkey5 in The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Flying in One Day by rchaudhary

My understanding was that flying wings were really hard to control back then. This has obviously been solved with computers, but I guess the aviation industry moves kinda slowly cause no one wants to spend a billion developing a new platform only for it to kill a few plane loads of people over some stupid issue.

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Kvothere t1_iwfli7d wrote

Flying wings are highly unstable, which (assuming you can control it with a flight computer) is a great feature in a military aircraft that might need to make sharp and sudden changes to it's flight path. It's not a great feature in a civilian aircraft where safety is #1 priority.

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Griiinnnd----aaaagge t1_iwfpaf2 wrote

But what if someone left the stove on? Huh? Ya bet you didn’t think of that one.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_iwftljm wrote

Pretty much. Takes a LOT of time/money to certify an aircraft. People may whine, but I'd rather it be that way than have random aircraft falling out of the sky more often. Imagine if flying had the same lax regulations as driving, it'd be a bloodbath. New aircraft will be released eventually.

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