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August 22nd 05, 04:30 PM
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Let's not forget that the Boomerang by Rutan was Asymetrical and it
flew fine. Bryan 
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August 22nd 05, 07:29 PM
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Let's not forget that the Boomerang by Rutan was Asymetrical and it
flew fine. So why don't Cessna and Beech and Piper and the rest just saw off some wing, decrease drag and go faster? Asymmetric airplanes look asymmetric but are designed to be balanced. The Germans had a similar setup during WWII but it wasn't terribly successful. Removing anything--wings sections, control surfaces, or anything else--from an airplane will render it dangerous and certainly less than cooperative. Ask any WWII bomber pilot who had to limp home (or couldn't even do that) with such things shot away. Dan
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August 23rd 05, 01:14 AM
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wrote in message oups.com... Let's not forget that the Boomerang by Rutan was Asymetrical and it flew fine. So why don't Cessna and Beech and Piper and the rest just saw off some wing, decrease drag and go faster? http://www.avweb.com/newswire/11_34a.../190422-1.html
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September 2nd 05, 03:51 PM
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http://www.micom.net/oops/F-18mid-air1.jpg
http://www.micom.net/oops/F-18mid-air2.jpg http://www.micom.net/oops/F-18mid-air3.jpg
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