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Old 13th Jun 2018, 16:54
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Either the fin obstructs the clean flow into the TR or is pushed against by the TR thrust - its the lesser of two evils.

The other important thing is that the rotation goes up at the front so it has maximum V when it encounters the MR downwash.
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