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Old 05-19-2022, 08:09 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I mentioned the Rocketail... I think earlier... which seems to have lost much of its support from retail.
I think is pretty compact, and has interesting flow data.
Mercedes IAA concept:

theodoretziegler.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/heres-mercedes-transforming-afterburner-tail-in-action/

It's hard to see from this angle, but the extension panels are fairly straight so the extrude from a body that tapers back to the separation edge.
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