After looking at the top it is obvious I got that wrong about
high pressure under the wing in this case. Should be some blue
on the bottom of the wing one would think. Rather strange as that
is usually the case on most high wing designs. It appears no lift
is being generated by the bottom of the Double Deal wing.

BTW it is also obvious you want to eliminate the stub elevators outside
the vertical stabilizers for lower drag.

What is that structure between the two fuselages hanging off the wing,
a fuel tank perhaps?

Paul Lamar

Byron Ward wrote:

There is a significant amount of blue toward the trailing edge of the wing
where there is reverse camber. Its not that obvious from the picture I
sent. I didn't design the tail, I just made the CFD model :) I think the
tail configuration is still not finalized. Actually I'm involved in
building a wind tunnel model right now so the configuration might change
as a result of that testing. The structure between the two fuselages is a
poorly modeled engine nacelle. 0-200 with a pusher propeller. We're still
working on the design/modeling of the nacelle. The configuration has been
updated quite a bit since this model. I just happened to have it around
and thought it might illustrate your point.

Byron

Thanks Byron.
Actually I like it. I think is solves a few problems with
pusher type airplanes. Lots of room for retractable 
landing gear. I can see a few advantages with this layout.

Paul Lamar
 
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