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Old 06-27-2011, 04:46 AM   #192 (permalink)
Bicycle Bob
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Aircraft have never used kamm-backs, and they didn't get adopted on race cars until the 60's. In the 50's and earlier, most attempts to really improve streamlining ignored problems of aerodynamic lift, and upset the handling so much that there was no net advantage.
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