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July 7th 07, 06:31 PM
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Swept wing, tail less design (was holy smokes YouTube landing)
It proved to have similar performance to contemporary standard class gliders.Some advantage in efficiency being generally lost to handling induced inefficiency. So - There was no compelling efficiency advantage. It should be noted that most all hang gliders are flying wings. The reason for this has more to do with portability than with performance. The handling quality of many hang gliders since, say the early '80, are quite pleasant - remember, this is weight shift contol. Tony V 
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