Is that not Rutan, Chris?
There's a rather nice Long-Eze parked next to our hangar at Wyton at the
moment. I had a trip in the 2-seater (different name?) several years ago. It
was great, but strange to take off and land.
Chris
On 23 Aug 2013, at 22:18, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It is also quite a performer, with speeds that make small jets jealous.
>>
>
> Rotan was right about the canard planform that he devised. Beechcraft
> lost the ball when they decided to not streamline the nose and fuselage on
> the Starship, and because of that there was little if any improvement in drag
> and fuel efficiency. Sooner ot later there will be a commercial airliner
> based on that concept. Boeing came close to doing it but opted to stick with
> the traditional planform. I'm thinking that Airbus will try it as they are
> more innovative.
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