It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True

Re:It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True by run4yourlives on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:02PM (#2805121)

Canards have been used quite heavily in fighter jets for the last 20 years... Gripen, Typhoon, Rafale, Kfir. All delta-winged designs with the same basic layout.

For that specific example however I was thinking civilian aircraft, in which canards would be a huge step forward but are never seen.

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Re:It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True by lutorm on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:39PM (#2805228)

You are practically correct about that last thing, though I must point out that never is too strong a word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144

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Re:It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True by run4yourlives on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @12:22PM (#2808061)

Never as in "commercial success". Closer to reality than the 144, which was pretty much a government money pit, was the Beech Starship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship). Again though, not able to see any real success.

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