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Old 22nd December 2005 | 14:35
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wonderboysteve
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They can be used to delay shock-induced separation, hence improving cruise drag characteristics. I wouldn`t expect them to do very much to change the spanwise flow; flow visualisation of vortex tracks will show them heading outboard.
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