Pat Flannery wrote:


Sylvia Else wrote:


I'd also be worrying about the whole thing coming apart from the
transients arising from an abrupt loss of an engine. That structure
just doesn't look very stiff.

If Rutan did the design, it won't be stiff- it well flex under stress,
rather than break.
But this is very much a fair-weather aircraft; you wouldn't want to fly
it into a thunderstorm by any means.

Since when would anyone purposely fly into a thunderstorm?

Flown much, Pat?

The widely separated engines hit me as odd also. I would have thought
they would have mounted them above the center section rather than under
the outer wings. Still, it's not wise to second-guess Rutan when it
comes to aerodynamics. ;-)

Which is precisely why I am questioning it.