BENEFITS OF BLENDED-WING BODY
In response to "No Fuselage Flexibility" (AW&ST May 10, p. 6), Boeing holds U.S. Patent 6,568,632, on variably sized blended-wing-body aircraft. For a BWB aircraft, stretching takes place laterally (spanwise) as opposed to longitudinally. Capacity can be increased by adding standardized bays at the...
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