1956 Leduc 022 Experimental Aircraft (1/300)

[CharlieC]

Great model at such a small scale.

Pity the Leduc 022 was a failure. I've read it was found that it couldn't go supersonic which was one of the design requirements. In retrospect the cylindrical fuselage would have had massive drag rise into the transonic flight regime. Perhaps the French didn't know about Whitcomb's Area Rule principle.

Regards,

Charlie