Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently
by dTal on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:29PM
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The angular change is negligible in either case. The problem is you're ping-ponging vertically. For example, a 3 degree bank correction in an aircraft with a 70 meter wingspan will move each wingtip by 1.3 meters vertically.
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Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently
by alkonaut on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:11PM
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In the picture, the passenger cabin appears to be using only 1/3 of the wingspan, so the vertical movement of the outermost passengers (in the last row) will be much smaller than the vertical movement of the wingtips.
A last row width of 25m is much wider than the 5m of a conventional aircraft, but much smaller than 70m.