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Old 02-01-2012, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway View Post
2.3 meter (7 ft 7 in) at the thickest point. The plan was to place passenger seating within the wings.

The prototype flew 6 or 7 times before crashing. Their were later claims of sabotage but the more likely cause was structural failure due to an unresolved issue with harmonic vibration in the tail booms.
Wouldn't it be too noisy for the passengers to sit inside the wings? Or did the designers want to stuff the wings with isolation material?
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