800605: Forward Swept Wings and Business Airplanes - Technical Paper

Event: Turbine Powered Executive Aircraft Meeting

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Abstract

Content: Based on recent work by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) it is shown that forward swept wings have several advantages over conventionally aft swept wings.

By combining the forward swept wing with both a canard and a horizontal tail configurations emerge with interesting possibilities.

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Topics: Canards
Defense industry

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/800605

Pages: 11

Citation: Roskam, J., "Forward Swept Wings and Business Airplanes," SAE Technical Paper 800605, 1980, https://doi.org/10.4271/800605.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Apr 1, 1980

Product Code: 800605

Content Type: Technical Paper

Language: English