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Originally Posted by aerohead
When using a (vertical) airfoil as a template,unlike a (horizontal) streamline body of revolution, which can be truncated (K-form),the wing should have as complete an aft-body as possible,even if the slope is too great.
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Why? Something to do with ground effect? Isn't air moving around the wing the same regardless of orientation? (I think you're saying that a horizontal airfoil acts differently than a vertical one, is this correct?)