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Originally Posted by aerohead
Here's what was sent up to Tom Burkland for DARKO.
All the aft-body is rounded over,combining tumblehome and edge radii as in Paul Jaray's original 1922 pumpkin seed.
Here's a rough 'thinking out loud' rendering.
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An aerodynamic boat tail must have this rounding to perform to it's optimum,especially when truncated,as Morelli is telling us. |
So, is the beaver tail of the orthogonal drawings better than the pointed tail, or vise versa?