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Forum: Tech Log

22nd Jul 2011, 19:36

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

bearfoil IIRC it was a .50 calibur...

bearfoil

IIRC it was a .50 calibur bullet they based the shape on. You're correct though in that they selected that shape because they knew it could fly supersonic.

That's something...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Jul 2011, 01:03

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

FlightPathOBN The article only has one...

FlightPathOBN

The article only has one page shown and doesn't mention anything about area-ruling. Regardless I'm surprised that people were talking about area-ruling this far back in time. ...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Jul 2011, 03:04

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

FlightPathOBN Area ruling was...

FlightPathOBN

Area ruling was discussed as early as 1935?

At what point did Busemann discover the area rule?

Forum: Tech Log

15th Jul 2011, 02:53

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

I just found something very interesting regarding...

I just found something very interesting regarding area-ruling. I was reading this book called "U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters 1943-1962" by Tommy H. Thomason
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Forum: Tech Log

25th Jun 2011, 03:08

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

FlightPathOBN My apologies -- I didn't...

FlightPathOBN

My apologies -- I didn't intend to be combative. I don't mind constructive criticism when I'm imparting knowledge to other people, so I didn't see it as being a major problem.
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Forum: Tech Log

24th Jun 2011, 04:43

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

FlightPathOBN Then how come we weren't...

FlightPathOBN

Then how come we weren't aware of that 1943 research paper post WW2? It would seem that we weren't fully aware of area-ruling until 1952 with Richard Whitcomb's work.

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Forum: Tech Log

24th Jun 2011, 01:07

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By Jane-DoH

Area Ruling Questions

Okay, for a long time I understood the area-rule concept as basically "where the wings get thicker and bigger, the fuselage gets thinner", eventually as I actually read more about the concept...

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