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Wasn't wheel tufting so much as pitot tubes
I believe Aerohead is mostly correct, but I was under the impression that they were only looking to see if a rudderless craft could be stable. What I understood, is their experiment said rudders are unnecessary on a flying wing planform without drag augmentation, and current elliptical theory of spanwise distribution might be wrong.
In other words, the B2 would be better with washout instead of split ailerons on the tips.
Being I worked there, the NOTAR was primarily a noise reducing stealth enhancement with the added function of fewer annoying high maintenance spinning parts. I don't know what it devolved into.
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Last edited by Piotrsko; 03-12-2020 at 11:33 AM..
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