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by boing » Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:02 am
That engine arrangement will never work.
The inboard section of the wing will stall first disrupting airflow into the wing-mounted engines in a stall or upset. (BAC 1-11 anyone?)
The transonic shock-wave movement along the sharply swept section of the leading edge (no doubt intended to reduce C of L movement in the transition) will have interesting effects on the wing-mounted intakes.
The static C of G of the aircraft would appear to be uncomfortably far back, OK for a fighter with fly by wire but a bit tricky for long-range cruise stability. Very short control moment arm but very long fore-body.
The, presumably, slab type horizontal tail-plane is going to be presented with all sorts of interesting shock waves from that multitude of curved surfaces ahead of it.
Still, it looks good in the publicity photos.
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