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Originally Posted by cliffyballs
I was wondering if a rippled design would work. I was thinking of overlapping material down the length of the boat tail. So i guess from a side view it would look like stairs?? Any thoughts?
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You'd still get most of the benefits if the steps are quite small - allowing the air to easily re-attach.
The bigger you make them, the more you'll lose.
Grumman used overlapping plates on the fuselage of the Wildcat and Hellcat.
