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A comment on Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently. Parent comment

Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently by satellitec4t on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:42PM (#20096713)
I thought the problem was they are more difficult to fly, less stable.
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Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently by mcguire on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:49PM (#20099606)
My understanding is that the YB-35 flying wings had difficulties with stability along the Y axis, part of the reason they weren't suitable as bombers (for dumb bombs).
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