>>1895923they lift the same, but drag less
>>1896062>why not upper braceyou don't want to disturb upper side of airfoil much. same reason weapons are (almost) always carried under the wing and not over.
>glider wingsthose are not glider wings, they have quite a sweep angle, ideal for transsonic speeds
>that picturewhoever drawn that has no idea how heavy those modern turbofan engines are, and by extension how heavy the vertical tail and those upper struts would have to be to carry them.
