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SMSgt Mac said...

I just got off work, and good to see you both here.

Yeah not a high enough 'fineness' ratio is a common claim, as if that only comes from the L. and not the cross-sectional volume. The irony is that if the F-35 was longer, then it would obviously weigh more as well. As important as the fineness ratio is to the M1 speed regime the distribution of the volume/cross-section: how close does it come to a Sears-Haack distribution? About the best any real world aircraft can do is to have a supersonic drag about twice that of a Sears-Haack Body.

Jul 22, 2013, 9:15:08 PM

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