Wing - no tail?!

[Wetstuff]

It's only at the beginning and end of this 'kitemare' (I had those) but it is interesting... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiIQezVlUk&feature=emb_rel_pause


Jim

[Dwight (DW)]

Wing Surfing wins again 

[yugi]

not the best demo of something that works amazingly well.

But interesting if it does work. Simple. Simple is good.

[JEG]

I'm guessing it will be hard work doing it with a wing and you really need that tail to counter balance.

[Wetstuff]

..mmmm?, JEG.   Not much here, but he does not look bothered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=AAqA3uNcKxo&feature=emb_logo


Jim

[JEG]

..mmmm?, JEG.   Not much here, but he does not look bothered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=AAqA3uNcKxo&feature=emb_logo


Jim

I'm not fully convince of the vid but great effort on that setup though. I'm thinking, have you ever seen a plan with no tail wing, I'm talking about comerciaal plains.

[Wetstuff]

JEG - Ya, but... Commercial airlines haul a load-a-c'hit to make $$ so need a long, empty cavity to fill, MIL needs frantic maneuverability and massive power, so they need tailplanes. Even little ole' Cessnas move thru a lot of airspace compared to that guy on the foil. 

I'd bet -if one guy is working on it- others will notice. There's fun ahead if enough early adaptors fund progress.

Jim

[Wetstuff]

I remembered a tailless flyer done by a NASA engineer.  With an Elizabethan name, Barnaby Wainfan, he had to be the smartest kid in school and probably developed quick fists.  He published a book on airfoils and done other exotica within aviation.  I had not heard that he said it, but it seems apparent; 'it is not only smooth that lifts'.

http://www.facetmobile.com


Jim