On: The Celera 500L aircraft may fly soon

[taneq]

> Reminds me of a student design with what you get by just following design equations and going for a crazy mission profile.

This is the only thing that makes sense about this design. It's the result of optimizing some parameter at the expense of all others. Maybe the maths makes sense but it looks ugly and I've never seen an ugly machine that worked well.

[jacobush → taneq]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_29_Tunnan now you have

[taneq → jacobush]

> Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name derives, the J 29 was a fast and agile aircraft for its era

So why do all modern fighters look similar and nothing like this?

[jacobush → taneq]

The only reason I know - was hell to learn how to fly. Very unstable and it had quite the reputation for killings its test pilots.