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Old 03-10-2009, 01:55 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Great! I read your quoted Wiki and it says...



You're welcome.
I've been saying that for this whole thread. The reason for roundness is resistance to non parallel airflow.

That would be why the Jumbo jet doesn't end in a needlepoint, yet the overall profile is rounded like a parabola, not a dome... Because like hypermiler01 is saying, the angle of the surface affects drag.
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