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Batwing was a name given to at least two aircraft developed by William Bushnell Stout.〔(William Bushnell Stout (b.1880-d.1956) ), coachbuilt.com (retrieved 28 November 2015)〕 The first was an experimental low aspect ratio flying wing. The aircraft used wood veneer construction and was an early example of cantilever wing design. The internally braced wing was also one of the first American aircraft designed without drag-producing struts. The second was the Batwing Limousine, a three-seat cabin monoplane with a conventional fuselage and high-mounted wing. This article describes the first Batwing. ==Development== During World War I, William Bushnell Stout was employed by Packard in 1917 when he was appointed as a technical advisor to the War production board who in turn gave Stout a contract to develop an aircraft. Funded by the Motor Products Corporation, Stout developed the "Batwing" aircraft hoping to sell the aircraft to the United States Army Air Service. Stout first experimented with an all-wood flying wing glider, the "Batwing Glider", tested at Ford Airport in 1926. Stout's design was nicknamed "Bushnell's Turtle" (a reference to the unrelated David Bushnell's ''American Turtle'' shape). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stout Batwing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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