Originally Posted by
XPMorten
Some mind food on Light Jet acft design..
Nice one.... hadn't seen that one before.
Go and tell that to Jim Bede, or Dick Rutan.
I remember, from way back, discussions/lectures that went in the opposite direction, demonstrating why aircraft much bigger than the ones flying at that time could either not be built, or would be so heavy as to have an insufficient payload, or would be grossly uneconomical.
Some of it was quite right, actually.... those much bigger aircraft didn't arrive until after a few quantum leaps in design and manufacturing methods.
What do you think? Is it worth moving Austin Meyer's "statement" to a separate thread and kick it around, rather than 'pollute'
raptorva's thread?
CJ