Thread: Soft sided aero instead of hard forms?
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Old 09-01-2012, 06:57 PM   #8 (permalink)
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NASA (Bushnell?) did studies of compliant wall surfaces about 30+ years ago. Google for technical papers.

The answer is yes: Compliant wall surfaces such as feathers and fur dampen flow oscillations at the source, so have less drag.
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