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Old 3rd October 2007 | 18:19
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chornedsnorkack
 
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What limits small BWB-s is the wing thickness and headroom needed for passenger cabin.
B-2 has the headroom for cockpit, and wingspan and TOW capacity for a longhaul widebody.

Junkers/Mitsubishi G-38 had actually seats in the main wing and forward facing passenger cabin windows, but high drag was a problem. Burnelli had lifting fuselage and much thinner wings, but it was unpressurized.
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