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A rendering of the US Air Force blended wing body aircraft project. A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2] The aircraft has distinct wing and body structures ...
Pages in category "Blended wing body" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Aircraft by design configuration (4 C, 3 P) A. Airship configurations (10 P) ... Blended wing body; Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing; C. Captive helicopter; Chine ...
Among the most likely concepts is a blended-wing-body aircraft, which combines the fuselage and wing into one. This deviates from the traditional tube-and-wing design that has been the norm for ...
Blended body or blended wing-body: a smooth transition occurs between wing and fuselage, with no hard dividing line. Reduces wetted area and can also reduce interference between airflow over the wing root and any adjacent body, in both cases reducing drag.
Airbus <AIR.PA> on Tuesday unveiled a curvaceous aircraft design that blends wing and body, designed to slash carbon emissions by some 20%. The European planemaker has been carrying out flight ...
This does away with the traditional “tube and wing” design that has been the mainstay of commercial aviation for 100 years, in favor of something called a “blended wing body,” in which the ...
Aircraft wing configurations are one of the major aspects of an aircraft's design and are a primary feature in aircraft recognition. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.