Compare this to the old video Darcane posted in this link:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rag-25378.html
From that, at 5:49:
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A properly streamlined strut can be 10 times thicker than a wire and yet have no more drag.
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Ten times. That is quite a bit less than the NACA wing shape, but the wing shape used there did not have the concave tail section.
Would that alone make for such a big difference?
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