Wing Twister
NASA tested this Oblique Wing Research Aircraft in the late 1970s to find out the benefits and drawbacks to pivoting wings. But “the unpleasant flying characteristics… at extreme wing-sweep angles may have discouraged aircraft designers from adopting this configuration.”
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