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Old 10th Sep 2017, 16:24
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What happened to those VG's on the 737

No longer on the Max. From Flight International June 13-19...

"The new circular tailcone eliminates a set of four drag inducing vortex generators on the aft fuselage. These were added to correct a design problem discovered in flight test in the late-1960's. 'The airplane had a vertical bounce to it back in the day, and vortex generators were the aerodynamic fix that smooths that airflow, which stopped the bounce but was additional drag.'"
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