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Unread 05-10-11, 12:03 AM
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Is Northrop's new plane-drone partly based on the Skymaster?

The rear of Northrop Grumman's new airplane/drone, designed by Burt Rutan, looks a lot like a Skymaster: rear propeller engine with top-mounted scoop, twin booms and rudders. Take a look below (click to enlarge).

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Unread 05-10-11, 03:27 PM
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Rutan has a thing for twin-boom tails and pusher props (and what gentleman of taste doesn't?). Witness his M-309 CarbonAero:
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/scaled_m-309.php
This, of course, led to the Adam A500.
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