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Old 27th Mar 2009, 17:02
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CirrusF
 
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"Sir, why do aircraft like the Shackleton have 2 fins?"
Because at that time it was considered that two elliptical vertical surfaces at each end of a horizontal tailplane gave less induced drag than a single, larger non-elliptical central fin.
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