Submitted by rchaudhary t3_yvl051 in technology
einmaldrin_alleshin t1_iwg9u13 wrote
Reply to comment by timberwolf0122 in The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Flying in One Day by rchaudhary
No. If you're on the outside of the wing, you're sitting at the long end of a lever. The barrel of a conventional airplane meanwhile is the fulcrum. So where you would barely feel the plane going into a bank if you're sitting in the barrel, even slight corrections would noticeably move passengers up and down significantly in a large flying wing.
timberwolf0122 t1_iwg9zkf wrote
Ohh the penny just dropped. Yeah, that would be a bit much.
Still good for cargo and I guess now first class would be in the center
Wizywig t1_iwgff08 wrote
Easiest way is to hold out your hands and tilt your top. Your head rotates a bit, but your hands go up and down a lot. Currently your head is where the person sits. In these designs your fingers will be where they sit.
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