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Old 28th Apr 2009, 04:21
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Originally Posted by BentStick
area ruling. Anyone care to nominate why and when it become unfashionable?
A combination of:

Plenty of excess thrust so the supersonic drag isn't such an issue
and
better design capability lets you "area rule" (i.e design for transonic drag) without having to look like a flying barbie doll
and
less emphasis on raw straightline speed anyway

perhaps?
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