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Old 10-05-2023, 10:09 AM   #1271 (permalink)
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Old 10-05-2023, 07:53 PM   #1272 (permalink)
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Clearly some French stuff, as the yellow headlamps imply. Maybe a Delahaye?
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The theory at that time was that the airflow would follow the corrugations.


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The theory at that time was that the airflow would follow the corrugations.
Everything old is, I guess, new again.

AeroSHARK thin film reduces drag on airplanes

They're described as riblets, rather than the more scale-like shark skin.

What put me onto the story was
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I think the US rowing team tried those for boundary layer control, too. It made the boats very hard to maintain without special handling equipment.
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