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Old 29th Nov 2007, 23:50
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One big answer to a lot of those is wing sweep. Since jets are relatively more efficient at higher speeds it makes more design sense to sweep a jet's wing. (Only TP counterexample I can think of is the Tu95). Swept wings are generally worse for low speed/high lift perf (i.e. takeoff and landing) and swept wings really don't like high sideslip angles.
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