Comments on: The idea takes advantage of the higher lift and lower drag you get with longer, slimmer, high aspect ratio wings https://www.isegoria.net/2023/02/the-idea-takes-advantage-of-the-higher-lift-and-lower-drag-you-get-with-longer-slimmer-high-aspect-ratio-wings/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 04:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Pseudo-Chrysostom https://www.isegoria.net/2023/02/the-idea-takes-advantage-of-the-higher-lift-and-lower-drag-you-get-with-longer-slimmer-high-aspect-ratio-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-3592943 Pseudo-Chrysostom Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:46:57 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49696#comment-3592943 A biplane configuration can allow for extra-ordinarily longer lifting surfaces by having them angle to meet at their tips, forming a triangulated structural element which closes the loop. Can involve multiple pairs from front to back coming together as well.

]]> By: TRX https://www.isegoria.net/2023/02/the-idea-takes-advantage-of-the-higher-lift-and-lower-drag-you-get-with-longer-slimmer-high-aspect-ratio-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-3589953 TRX Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:37:23 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49696#comment-3589953 “50% wider”

They won’t fit in existing passenger terminals or most hangars, then. And airports are expensive real estate.

]]> By: Carl https://www.isegoria.net/2023/02/the-idea-takes-advantage-of-the-higher-lift-and-lower-drag-you-get-with-longer-slimmer-high-aspect-ratio-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-3589708 Carl Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:39:00 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49696#comment-3589708 Fuel is really dense and wouldn’t take up a large portion of the cargo space. The more difficult question is: how will the bigger wingspan fit into the existing gates at airports?

]]> By: Gavin Longmuir https://www.isegoria.net/2023/02/the-idea-takes-advantage-of-the-higher-lift-and-lower-drag-you-get-with-longer-slimmer-high-aspect-ratio-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-3589699 Gavin Longmuir Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:52:00 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49696#comment-3589699 Some years ago (pre-Covid), there was a study which showed that some large proportion of air freight was carried in the bellies of passenger planes. Certainly, watching at airports, one can see lots of cargo being loaded into wide-body passenger planes.

If the fuel has to go into the belly of the plane instead of into the wings, there will be a large reduction in cargo capacity and a similar loss in cargo revenue. How does that revenue loss compare to the expense reduction of lower fuel use?

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