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Old 07-18-2019, 06:40 PM   #27 (permalink)
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It looks like all the air sees is high-efficiency airfoils and propellers sucking any detached airflow for lunch.
Joenavy85 — That was my point, the laminar flow can approach perfection, and the props are there as a backstop.

The wingtip nacelles are radiators first for cooling efficiency. The torque vectoring in yaw is just gravy.

Now all it needs is an electric tail wheel.
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