Posted on 05/11/2010 10:45:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Riiiiight. Tryin’ to tell me a lie that this wasn’t a Homebuilt. RIIIIIIGHHHHTTTT.....
I say poo pooh on this. The UPI cannot be trusted to know the difference between a wing and a canard. I say it wasn’t a wing until I see a photo.
is this the X29ski?
Now we have to read the article AND all the posts before commenting?
Don't you just hate when that happens?
Check the alpha. He’s loaded up in slow flight. Nowhere near mach 1. The vapor trails from the wing tips come from high induced drag, as a result of slow flight or pulling G. You can see them frequently where you watch jetliners land, and it’s wet enough to see the condensation caused by the wingtip vortices.
Maybe it was the winglet/rudder on the end of one of the wings.
Those have fallen off of VariEZs before, with fatal results, however. Typically, when something falls off a Rutan design, they don’t wanna fly anymore.
(Of course, this is true of most planes, just moreso on such a highly optimized design)
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