…isn’t so much Mike Griffin’s apparent lack of skill at sketching engineering concepts (which one can’t honestly discern from a single sample), but the fact that this appears to have been the genesis of a directed trade study during phase one.
And yes, everyone knew it was DOA due to weight, complexity, weight, risk, weight, weight, weight, weight, flight stability, and weight, but we nonetheless came up with some…er…creative concepts to try to make it work. An interesting “outside the box” experience, but the resources would probably have been better spent on higher-payoff items.