Parasol wing
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A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts. Parasol wing designs resemble biplanes lacking their lower set of wings. This configuration has the advantage of providing excellent visibility from the cockpit, but the disadvantage of extra drag caused by the struts. Typical around the 1930s, it is no longer a common configuration, but is sometimes still found in designs for homebuilt aircraft.
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