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Old 01-19-2013, 07:36 PM   #381 (permalink)
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Paging Aerohead -- [found it, see below] I've looked for and can't find an illustration that has been posted here. IIRC it was from a naval architect, about torpedoes. It employed a profile that consisted of the straight line of the forebody, a simple curve transition, and a straight line for a terminating cone. Again IIRC, it transitioned to a straight cone around 22°

here is an irrelevant example:


Depending on your needs a more easily built shape might have a place. Optimum is optimum. The perfect is the enemy of the good.


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