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Originally Posted by Sularus
Frank Lee has a point. Look at the USAF F-117 stealth fighter. The plane's body was designed entirely by electronics engineers for radio wave reflectivity. It is horrendous looking. I think stylists guided, or at least babysat, by engineers is how we get efficient, good looking vehicles.
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I believe the F-117 was constructed to respect certain parameters laid out by the Russian mathematician who is given credit as the father of stealth technology.This particular aircraft is totally aerodynamically unstable,and completley un-flyable without extremely sophisticated flight computers and pilot-input-limiting ,fly-by-wire protocols for all axis.
With respect to 'efficient',perhaps we could better define this term?