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![]() Why do all fighters since the biplane era have low wings? Ever heard of the McDonnell F-15? Okay, when I said all I really meant to say most, or a lot. What I was thinking about in particular were the WWII fighters. I can't think of any propeller driven fighter with a high wing. Your comment about low wings being easier for landing gear makes a lot of sense, many of those aircraft stowed their gear in the wings, but I wonder if there were any other reasons. The first jet fighters were also mostly low wing (f-80, f-86, f-100, mig-15, mig-19, etc). Only the latest generation of fighters (f-15, f-14, f-22, etc) are predominately high wing. Why do most military transports (C-130, C-17, C-5) have high wings, It allows the fuselage to be closer to the ground for easier loading/unloading. This makes sense. But going back to WWII again, why were the early transport aircraft (like the C-47) low wing? but all airliners have low wings? BAe 146, ATR 72, Dornier 328, etc. Again I meant most instead of all, and I was referring to the larger airliners (200+ seats). Basically, if all other things were equal, why wouldn't they have made the 747 high winged, since some 747s are used for cargo? Why are a lot of cold weather/high altitude planes high wing? Aerodynamic superiority. To clarify here, by high altitude I meant planes that are designed to take off and land at high altitudes - the pilatus pc-6 for example. |
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