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In Ukraine, a drone with a jet engine and a flight range of 400 kilometers has been developed (odessa-journal.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Wilshire@lemm.ee to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I wonder what the design decision was for the forward-swept wings. These typically decrease lateral stability and increase structural weight, because they require substantially higher stiffness for flutter-resistance compared to straight or rear-swept wings. Maybe so the main wing spar can be further aft to have a larger contiguous payload bay. The HansaJet had forward-swept wings for a similar reason (no main spar in the cabin).

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the main wing spar can be further aft to have a larger contiguous payload bay

and maybe so it can carry all the heavy, rude stuff right up front, with all the control in the rear..

[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think this is mostly a reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures drone, with refined, rather than rude stuff.

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