Every time I see a picture of the Aerion AS2 I think "Douglas X-3 Stilletto". The Stilleto configuration (long skinny fuselage with high polar moments and really short wings) had severe inertial coupling problems at high speeds. Joe Walker barely survived an inertial coupling episode in the X-3. How is Aerion overcoming this problem which is inherent to that configuration?
As the Air and Space Smithonian website says:
Every research aircraft poses a question. Sometimes the answer is "forget it."
The X-3 Stiletto | Air & Space Magazine
