Boeing High Wing Concept

[Stingray Don]

They finally figured out the proper wing placement.



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...t-concept-with-ultra-thin-wings-idUSKCN1P22ES

 

[SkyDog58]

About damn time.

 

[Mtns2Skies]

Now if only they'll get the right wheel configuration

 

[eman1200]

HA! that looks perdy silly. wing struts. old man plane.

 

[benyflyguy]

Interesting concept. With those struts it has a kids LEGO feel to it though.

 

[Pilawt]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A 1932 advertisement:

 

[nauga]

Now ask yourself *which* Boeing?
None of us will be boarding this one anytime soon.

Nauga,
and his paper airplanes

 

[Timbeck2]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A 1932 advertisement:

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Looking at that design I see no room for a shock/strut for the landing gear. I wonder if that wing was prone to stress and cracking from a hard landing.

 

[asicer]

So who would like to climb up on the strut to fuel the plane?

 

[Busflyer]

I think they figured it out a long time ago.

 

[wanttaja]

Looking at that design I see no room for a shock/strut for the landing gear. I wonder if that wing was prone to stress and cracking from a hard landing.

Probably trained in one of these....

Ron wanttaja

 

[Sluggo63]

Looks great. Where will they find room to park it?

 

[Shepherd]

A biplane!

 

[SkyDog58]

Looks great. Where will they find room to park it?

Folding wings.

 

[Shepherd]

The Short SD3-30.
Someone told me the strut generated about 5% of the lift.

 

[luvflyin]

Wonder why so much negative dihedral. Seems like that would be a problem

 

[Mtns2Skies]

Wonder why so much negative dihedral. Seems like that would be a problem

Not in the modern day of fly-by-wire. The computer creates stability for the pilot even if the airframe/design is not inherently stable.

 

[GeorgeC]

Wonder why so much negative dihedral. Seems like that would be a problem

Someone tell Ilyushin...

 

[luvflyin]

Not in the modern day of fly-by-wire. The computer creates stability for the pilot even if the airframe/design is not inherently stable.

Yeah. If the "wire' failed you'd be going down anyway from something else besides losing it around the roll axis. Still seems hitting a wingtip when landing could be a problem in a stiff gusty crosswind.

 

[luvflyin]

Someone tell Ilyushin...

Yeah. And Lockheed. C5, C141, must be others. Guess it ain't as big a deal as I first thought

 

[nauga]

Wonder why so much negative dihedral. Seems like that would be a problem

High wings and swept wings have the same effect as dihedral, namely producing a rolling moment away from sideslip (conveniently known as 'dihedral effect'). Even FBW airplanes usually have a bare-airframe design goal of some level of dihedral effect (the goal of stable or unstable and the level depends on the design and the designer). The struts also almost certainly provide some dihedral effect, so the anhedral may be just to reduce the strong rolling tendency making it easier for the control system to manage.

Nauga,
twice removed

 

[JCranford]

The Short SD3-30.
Someone told me the strut generated about 5% of the lift.

Beat me to it. I was wondering about lift from that strut

 

[SoonerAviator]

Beat me to it. I was wondering about lift from that strut

Irrelevant. The strut is the location for the new Ultra-Economy Plus seating. No overhead bin space, though.

 

[luvflyin]

High wings and swept wings have the same effect as dihedral, namely producing a rolling moment away from sideslip (conveniently known as 'dihedral effect'). Even FBW airplanes usually have a bare-airframe design goal of some level of dihedral effect (the goal of stable or unstable and the level depends on the design and the designer). The struts also almost certainly provide some dihedral effect, so the anhedral may be just to reduce the strong rolling tendency making it easier for the control system to manage.

Nauga,
twice removed

Ah. So swept wing gives the same effect. Makes sense now. Thx