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"What’s unique are those 18 electric engines, and the wing, which has a
total area of just over 5 square meters. In order to fly, a conventional
airplane of this size needs
three times as much wing area at the
expense of the huge amount of extra drag that comes with it."
Cool new design. Via Kam-Yung Soh and Andres Soolo, who added:
"With the decreased need for wingspan, widespread deployment of flying
cars will become that much more feasible."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
