Thread: Horton
View Single Post
  #190  
Old 06-16-2012, 02:56 PM
ACE-OF-ACES's Avatar
ACE-OF-ACES ACE-OF-ACES is offline
Approved Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NM
Posts: 2,248
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpp View Post
Quote:
STORMBIRDS, Dennis Jenkins, and many others say..

The 'reason' the outer wings were swept was to correct the cg.

Crumpp says: yes it was... and it is his opinion that it fits with swept wing theory.

The 'reason' the inner wings were swept was to correct the airflow separation.

Crumpp says: yes it was... and it is his opinion that it fits with swept wing theory.
Fixed that for ya!
__________________
Theres a reason for instrumenting a plane for test..
That being a pilots's 'perception' of what is going on can be very different from what is 'actually' going on.