The Phantom 3500 has a 64-ft.-span, 23-deg.-sweep slotted natural laminar flow wing.
Credit: Otto Aviation
One of the most unusual sights in Californian skies was a zeppelin-shape aircraft flown from Victorville in 2017-19 to prove that, through careful shaping and precise manufacturing, drag-minimizing natural laminar flow could be achieved over most of the airframe. Laminarity slashes friction drag...
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