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timberwolf0122 t1_iwg1goa wrote

Reply to comment by einmaldrin_alleshin in The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Flying in One Day by rchaudhary

Wouldn’t the forces be the same? If the aircraft banks the same angle to make the turn at the same speed?

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einmaldrin_alleshin t1_iwg9u13 wrote

No. If you're on the outside of the wing, you're sitting at the long end of a lever. The barrel of a conventional airplane meanwhile is the fulcrum. So where you would barely feel the plane going into a bank if you're sitting in the barrel, even slight corrections would noticeably move passengers up and down significantly in a large flying wing.

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timberwolf0122 t1_iwg9zkf wrote

Ohh the penny just dropped. Yeah, that would be a bit much.

Still good for cargo and I guess now first class would be in the center

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Wizywig t1_iwgff08 wrote

Easiest way is to hold out your hands and tilt your top. Your head rotates a bit, but your hands go up and down a lot. Currently your head is where the person sits. In these designs your fingers will be where they sit.

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