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Old 28th Jul 2006, 18:14
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There are plenty of other angles from which the Honda-Jet looks pretty weird, though.

One big drawback of the overwing engine location is that the pylon is on the most sensitive part of the wing - if it's near the front it's right amongst the suction peak, and getting a pylon shape/location that works well for all conditions is tricky. If it's aftwards then the peak is out of the way, but now there's an adverse pressure gradient, so you're running the risk of causing some kind of aft seperation.

Underwing, the flow gradients are far more forgiving, but even there the engine can mess up the flow if it's far forward. Aerodynamicists hate hanging anything on the wing. We'd even get rid of the fuselage for that matter.
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