Personally I don't like the flying wing design for commercial use, for stealth military aircraft its ingenuous but not without its inherent risks.Īddendum: Another rumor has the 797 to be the next 757 evolution. Also the electronic computers that would assist the pilots, if they fail, the chances of the aircraft safely getting back to the ground are pretty slim. The biggest problem with a single flying wing design is when a failure happens, especially a hydraulic one, you lose surface control, this is already a very deadly problem in a conventional aircraft, in a flying wing, its a guaranteed disaster. There have been many test designs other than those 2 aircraft, its just that those 2 were actually known to have flown successfully, many others have tragically failed. Both aircraft were developed in secrecy and both aircraft have unique problems under failure conditions. The only 2 aircraft that have been made and flown in a wing design are the B2 Spirit and briefly the Horten Ho 229.
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