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by brownbat 2444 days ago
The wing design reminded me of this Real Engineering video on the pros and cons of backward swept wings, including a look at the Grumman X-29:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN6vGxyMcVU

This definitely isn't shooting for mach 1.8, so the X-29 isn't an analogue, but there are interesting points about aerodynamics in that video nonetheless.