Originally Posted by
Uplinker
To achieve STOL, the wing was designed for high lift, which in turn created sub-optimal drag performance in the cruise. Hence, the economics eventually worked against the aircraft, along with the fuel flow of four engines, once aircraft with more efficient wings and twin engines were developed.
I have a model of an Emirates A380 blu-tacked to the top of the screen in front of me. It's to incentivise me to spend less money so I have more for my bucket-list Business Class tickets to and from Australia. What do you think of the A380 wing? To me it seems very cluttered underneath, lots of things to cause drag.