Shaping the wing like an airfoil reduces its drag and allows it ... This column first appeared in the January Issue 954 of the FLYING print edition. Peter Garrison taught himself to use a slide ...

Using XFLR5 airfoil analysis software, [Think Flight] designed built a pair of flying wings to use these features. The first was successful in eliminating yaw wag, but exhibited some instability ...

The first is its tailless flying wing design. The wings appear on the same plane as the lower airfoil and taper to a clipped wing tip. It also lacks the four external nacelle engines seen in the ...