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04-25-2008, 09:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
bzillins8806 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orlando FL Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Boat Tails; Even NASA uses them!

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KazukiFennec EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ah, the fairing. That was originally developed for the Approach and Landing Test series on OV-101, the space shuttle Enterprise. At the time, they were very concerned about the aerodynamically 'dirty' rocket nozzles on the rear fouling airflow to the shuttle carrier aircraft's tail that they developed that as well as installing a custom set of twin alternate vertical stabilizers on the tips of the rear horizontal stabilizers.

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