Does anyone know if the ability to carry underslung cargo was a designed-in feature or some sort of stunt? I designed-in, that would explain what looks like an unusally nose-high stance on the ground. I wonder if a Burnelli design would be a good choice for a capability like this since one of the intended advantages of the layout is the lift generated by the fuselage. Slung cargo would seem to compromise this by changing the airflow under the lifting fuselage, thereby imposing a greater penalty on the Burnelli design than it if a cargo were slung underneath a conventional non-lifting fuselage.