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Thank you all for your interest! We are assuming a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate solely at low altitude with the wing-in-ground effect and a fairly low maximum airspeed. Would such an aircraft be able to control its descent? Variable-geometry wings, swept forward to espose more...

Hello, I'm looking for an answer to a question relating to the performance of a WIGE aircraft at high altitude (between 5,000 and 10,000 ft.). To clarify, I play a (unrealistic) table-top wargame in which wing-in-ground-effect aircraft have recently been introduced. I'm a member of a group...