On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:15:12 GMT, Chris Kennedy
wrote in ::

The long aluminum tube places all of the passengers close to the
longitudinal axis, so that relative displacement of the passenger
compartment in roll is small.

Agreed.

The opposite is true of a flying wing
design, so you end up with crap sliding off seat back trays, drinks
spilling and other passenger-unfriendly annoyances.

In a _coordinated_ turn, which necessitates a bank, or roll, on
longitudinal axis, there will be no such lateral displacement as you
predict, however, turbulence may produce some if that. If the roll
rate is brisk, there may be some increase in G felt by passengers in
the rising wind, and decrease in G felt by those in the descending
wing, but with today's computerized fly-by-wire control systems, all
these concerns could be largely eliminated in nearly all cases.