New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures. • Hacker News Board

chiffonade wrote: post #23

huhtenberg wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, please. Keep these stupid cliche jokes off HN.

Oh, please, spare me your elitism. It was an especially good one.

Chiffonade, this is simply not the forum for that. It contributed nothing to the discussion and actually took away from it in some regards. This forum is for intellectual discussion, it'd be really appreciated if you respect that in the future. Thanks!

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by fizx » Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 7:01 PM UTC

natalia wrote: post #11

mcxx wrote: post #9

Does it actually fly? It's not airborn on the pictures.

Its ready for manufactoring. The work started 15 years ago.

Is that halfway between manufacturing and refactoring?

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by bwanab » Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 7:09 PM UTC

StrawberryFrog wrote: post #6

We used to make paper planes a bit like that. Paper tubes, actually: http://www.10paperairplanes.com/how-to-make-paper-airplanes/...

You beat me to it. That was my favorite design for distance competitions with my brothers and cousins when I was a kid. When you got it right it really sailed.

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by donw » Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 7:24 PM UTC

fizx wrote: post #25

natalia wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its ready for manufactoring. The work started 15 years ago.

Is that halfway between manufacturing and refactoring?

I think it means you need to break the airplane into components by hand...

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by jodrellblank » Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 8:59 PM UTC

TweedHeads wrote: post #21

That's the heart of innovation. We should definitely think different, even if we fail.

Semi-related: Burt Rutan's TED talk has a mention of early aircraft design and how many different designs there were (with slide pictures). Worth checking out.

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by alnayyir » Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 9:53 PM UTC

chiffonade wrote: post #23

huhtenberg wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, please. Keep these stupid cliche jokes off HN.

Oh, please, spare me your elitism. It was an especially good one.

You're missing the point of HackerNews. We're here to have polite, intelligent, and constructive conversation.

This is not the place for memes, inane jokes, or anything remotely similar.

Please reserve it for reddit its ilk.

Re: New wing invented in Belarus. Look for the pictures.

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Post by joeyo » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 12:17 AM UTC

joshwa wrote: post #12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_wing

I like this conceptual sketch (from the wikipedia article): http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/WtMiller/scan0003-1.jpg