Low wing versus high wing

At least there won’t be wing tip vortices ! Seriously – anyone know what the point of this design is?

For the mathematically inclined, a lot of work has been done in the Parsifal research project covering boxwings. The main advantage is low induced drag.

www.parsifalproject.eu

It also ends few eternal debates: low vs high wing, front vs tail gear, turbine vs piston and biplane vs one wing

Now that we are drifting towards innovative designs:

http://www.pietroterzi.com/site/pro/lucy.htm

aart wrote:

Now that we are drifting towards innovative designs:

The 45deg prop makes it a wired mix of rotary-vs-fixed wings

In fact, why bother with wings at all?

Lippisch aerodyne

HL-10

M2-F1

Wikipedia Lifting Bodies