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Old 3rd September 2020 | 22:50
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I think we had some discussions last year when KLM and Airbus announced the project with sketches. Interesting to see a model flying - although I wish they had included the "rough landing."

Let's see. A flying wing that is also a slender-delta wing that is also a cranked-delta wing that is also a tailess delta that also has a big chunk missing out of the trailing edge.

Rather a mash-up of a B2 with a Concorde and a Draken - with a little Antoni Gaudi thrown in for the interior design....

I won't say "what could go wrong?" But it must have the pitch dynamics of an amphetamine-laced flying squirrel.

Anyway, I wish them well. Certainly inventive. Some design ideas explicated here: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ae/flying-v/cabin/
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