On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:34:01 UTC, "Lars Peder Hansen"
wrote:

: Thinking out-of-the-box he How about a one-piece circular wing,
: compressed so it would look like a flat oval from the front? -Inter-wing
: interference might be an issue, but this design would certainly get rid of
: the wingtip induced drag.

I don't think it would get rid of the induced drag - you'd still need
circulation around the wing, and that vorticity has to go somewhere.

Ian