The result was a biplane with seemingly mismatched components. Long, thin, sailplane-esque wings with a 15:1 aspect ratio were mounted to a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage.

One concept to reduce an aircraft's fuel consumption is to increase wing aspect ratio, i.e. the ratio of wing span to wing chord. Although slender (i. e. high aspect ratio) wings have low induced drag ...

With the wing’s aspect ratio to rise to 17 from 12 on the ATR 72-600 being used as the project’s reference aircraft, Pellicer says the strut-braced wing was lighter than the competing ...