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Old 1st Aug 2012, 20:25
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henra
 
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Originally Posted by john_tullamarine
Some high wing problems -

(a) maintainer access

(b) wing carrythrough structure - not a popular marketing consideration
(c) MLG requiring additional structure adding to weight&drag and competing with fuselage fairings containing CWT.

That said High Wing designs might become a serious design consideration with ducted fans or very high bybass GTF somewhere down the road...

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