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Solving forward sweep problems by using tapered thickness

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Doggzilla

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Was just thinking about forward sweet wings and something occurred to me.

If the CG of the aircraft is anywhere near the center of the wing, making the inboard portion of the wing thicker would make the wing vastly more statically stable.

Since the portion behind the center is the inboard section of forward swept wings, making the inboard wing thicker has the effect of more lift/authority from the rearward section at a given AoA.

Therefore, tapering the thickness should make a forward swept wing statically stable instead of unstable and prone to divergence, no?
 
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