"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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Of course, an existing Genesis won't fly without the tail. But the
Genesis CONCEPT could have as evidenced by Jim Marske's designs.

Bill Daniels


Would the resulting aircraft perform better than the much more numerous and
seemingly more successful "standard" planform?

While I admire experimenting and innovation, I wonder why, if the flying
wing concept were so good, at least as applied to gliders, hasn't it been
embraced by major manufacturers? They seem willing to go to great lengths to
eek out as much performance as they can. Could it be that the tweaks needed
to impart longitudinal stability, like reflexed trailing edges, are not
efficient enough over a broad enough speed range?

bumper
Minden, NV