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Old 16th Oct 2009, 02:25
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Speed Twelve
 
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I had a look round an ex-Luftwaffe F104G recently, and bearing in mind the old 'razor blade leading edge' thing found the reality to be no worse than the leading edge on a metal propeller. In other words, although the wing is comically thin, even for a fast-jet, it isn't a problem to run your hand along the leading edge.

I could only see a problem for dwarves running into the unprotected wing at high speed.
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