Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10; “Two Wings Good, Four Wings…Better?”" video.

  1. Hey Ed if you're reading this: Please consider a video about the Westland Hill Pterodactyl, the swept-wing tailless aircraft used by the RAF in the 1930s. The swept wing tailless concept was widely trialled in the thirties. Swept wing tailless gliders were used in Germany, sometimes with a rocket in the tail to get them airborne. Hence the Me 163.
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  2. You might also choose to reference the swept wing tailless Dunne biplane of 1911.
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  3. Hawkers experimented with a biplane version of the Hurricane. A second wing was fitted for a super-rapid climb after being scrambled. The second wing was to be jettisoned after achieving altitude. It never got beyond the prototype, but demonstrates "thinking outside the box" taken to a higher level.
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