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Old 08-13-2010, 09:28 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Submarines can go faster with good, low-drag design, but they may have other constraints on their design.

Airships, though, should be very narrowly focused on having high displacement and low drag. You can find examples of airships with fineness ratios from 4.4:1 to 7.3:1.
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