I thought this ellipse wing was interesting

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http://englishrussia.com/?p=2331
Karl

[Monk]

On May 6, 6:52*am, " > wrote:
> http://englishrussia.com/?p=2331
> Karl

That's an interesting concept. Thanks for posting it. Looks to me
like the wings might restrict some peripheral vision.

[Jim Logajan]

Monk > wrote:
> On May 6, 6:52*am, " > wrote:
>> http://englishrussia.com/?p=2331
>> Karl
>
> That's an interesting concept. Thanks for posting it. Looks to me
> like the wings might restrict some peripheral vision.

Appears to be a variant of the "box wing" concept. I think Prandtl worked
out the basic concept back in the 1920s.

[Monk]

On May 6, 7:33*pm, Jim Logajan > wrote:
> Monk > wrote:
> > On May 6, 6:52*am, " > wrote:
> >>http://englishrussia.com/?p=2331
> >> Karl
>
> > That's an interesting concept. *Thanks for posting it. *Looks to me
> > like the wings might restrict some peripheral vision.
>
> Appears to be a variant of the "box wing" concept. I think Prandtl worked
> out the basic concept back in the 1920s.

Well Jim, you got me curious about the "box wing" concept so I did a
little poking around. Very interesting stuff going on. Wish I had a
paying job to have play around with ideas all day like these guys.
Fun stuff I'm sure.

http://www.treehugger.com/Box_Wing_Jet.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/nsa3.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/msc4me.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/msc595.jpg

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> http://englishrussia.com/?p=2331
> Karl

Looks like a Wilga after being raped by an AN-2 Antonov

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Go for it, Dan !