Comments on: Who Needs a VLJ? http://all-things-aviation.com/aircraft/who-needs-a-vlj/ Informing, Educating & Entertaining Pilots Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Flannigan http://all-things-aviation.com/aircraft/who-needs-a-vlj/#comment-406 Patrick Flannigan Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:38:09 +0000 http://all-things-aviation.com/?p=2525#comment-406 Now there's a folding wing design I can get behind. I've not been a fan of the folding wing design that flying car manufacturers have been rallying behind. I just don't feel comfortable with a jointed wing that folds up - in the direction of lift! With the Switchblade, it looks as if the wings are aerodynamically opposed to folding in flight, which means that even if a locking mechanism breaks, the plane isn't going to fall out of the sky - I like it! Now there’s a folding wing design I can get behind. I’ve not been a fan of the folding wing design that flying car manufacturers have been rallying behind. I just don’t feel comfortable with a jointed wing that folds up – in the direction of lift!

With the Switchblade, it looks as if the wings are aerodynamically opposed to folding in flight, which means that even if a locking mechanism breaks, the plane isn’t going to fall out of the sky – I like it!

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