Oblique / Skew / Slew Wing Projects

The idea of an aircraft utilizing the wing swiveling about the vertical axis dates back to WWII times, when Dr. Richard Vogt of Blohm&Voss company proposed the BV.P.202 fighter project in 1944. The aerodynamic benefits of such concept are evident: it is ideal for low speeds in straight position and for high speeds in "skew" position. However this concept still hasn't passed the experimental stages because of considerable technical difficulties. There were many oblique wing projects proposed (even built and some even flown!). All of them can be treated as asymmetric in high-speed configuration (with wing skewed), but we decided to include only those which are truly asymmetric: these are NOT symmetric even in "straight - wing" configuration.

Thanks to Mr. Joe Cherry and Mr. Pierre Trichet for information.

HANDLEY PAGE "SYCAMORE" Mach 2 Slewed Wing SST (1961)
150 passenger supersonic aircraft design
Proposed in 1961 by Godfrey H. Lee this all-wing airliner design was highly unusual in having the crew nacelle at one wing tip and a fin at the other controlling the yaw angle from a minimum at low speeds to a maximum of 72 degrees at Mach 2.0. It was found after a series of wind tunnel tests at the RAE that although the design was aerodynamically attractive, a number of serious problems were forseen: the need to retate several parts in releation to one another as well as stability and control difficulties. The project never left the drawing board.

NASA "AMES" (1972)
Supersonic passenger "Oblique Wing - Body" design
Asymmetric in engines layout (besides the swiveling wing of course). The most interesting is the twin-fuselage version

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