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Old 1st Jun 2017, 19:50
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I do think the wing between both fuselages is extra strong, because it carries the mission payload. I see no problems with some elastic movement (on any modern plane the wings flex in turbulence) as the tails are mostly dragged along.
There will be some roll-axis flexing, but I see no issue with that. The middle wing looks pretty stiff with respect to yaw-axis flexing and that would need some wing-box strengthening compared to a single fuselage aircraft.
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