Originally posted by replicators
What are the major advantages of forward swept wings?
Forward swept wings bleed air off intoward the fuselage, loosing less over the tip of the wing, which
creates better airflow over the control surfaces and thus better control of the aircraft. On modern
commercial aircraft, you see winglets which also keep air over the wing instead of bleeding it off the wingtip.
Air bleeding off the wingtip creates a lot more drag and thus makes the aircraft much less efficient.
How about canards? What advantages do they provide to combat?
Canards control airflow over the wing, allowing you to virtually adjust the dynamic makeup of the wing for
better control in different circumstances, for example you want to stall the aircraft into a turn so you adjust the
airflow so it produces less lift across the wing, turning the aircraft better.
What about curved/sloped wing designs?
Depends entirely on what you mean.
