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Old 12-01-2009, 07:18 PM   #170 (permalink)
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Right or wrong, I'd increase tapers until I see sign of turbulence, than increase until "laminar". Otherwise you may just end up with extra unneeded length. With unneeded length comes extra unwanted skin drag as noted in recent discussions re: crx and del sol tails.
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