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Old 8th Nov 2023, 16:28
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Originally Posted by pilotmike
Is there another way of 'transferring all the lift to the fuselage', without the use of bracing struts, for example?
And if all the lift were transferred to the fuselage, what would stop the wings and engines from plummeting to earth ?

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