Higher elongation allows higher _

• Made possible by a closer vertical stabilizer shell

  • b/a =0.5 -> 0.2

• Increased elongation has weak impact on bN, but strong impact on b

• b = bN(IP/aBT)

= bN/q* _ 2.5 _ (1+k2)

Ballooning stable _ and _N

• = 0.7

qedge = 3.5

A = 4

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