*** Posted by run *** Sometimes you have to compromise, fx when it comes to stealth. The f-117 is not excactly gods gift to aerodynamics. run [Of course, you make a good intuitive comment, but why would any aircraft designer design an aircraft with a high drag factor? Aircraft cannot be designed this way, it would be inpractical to do so. ...

*** Posted by run *** [ ---snip--- 1. Airliners dont have to change course that much in a horizontal way, I meant they have to change altitude in order to avoid other flight's, they will sometimes deviate if there is on-comming traffic and also weather factors come into play when avoiding a thunderstorm for saftey reasons etc. ---snip--- 2. It ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hello, Airliners dont have to change course that much in a horizontal way, I meant they have to change altitude in order to avoid other flight's, they will sometimes deviate if there is on-comming traffic and also weather factors come into play when avoiding a thunderstorm for saftey reasons etc. Many of todays pilot ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Of course, you make a good intuitive comment, but why would any aircraft designer design an aircraft with a high drag factor? Aircraft cannot be designed this way, it would be inpractical to do so. Everybody knows that military aircraft a the 1st in the field of aerodynamics. Rapier [Hi Rapier Size is not always the ...

*** Posted by run *** [---snip--- Most airliners dont go supersonic because they have to change course and deviate in altitude alot of the time. ---snip--- Rapier ] The reason airliners don't go supersonic is because they can't and not because they have to change course a lot. Transatlantic airliners don't turn a lot enroute. The sounlevel in ...

*** Posted by run *** Hi Rapier Size is not always the most important. Shape is way more important. A little object can easily create more drag than a big object with the right shape. run [Put it this way, the bigger the object the more drag there is through air space. You dont need all this mathematical shit it's just the way it is. Regards

*** Posted by Rapier *** Put it this way, the bigger the object the more drag there is through air space. You dont need all this mathematical shit it's just the way it is. Regards Rapier

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** Hi Rapier. You must have misunderstood my letter. I'm not facinated of the sound, but surprised, and interested in the technique around the background why it appears to its standing level such sudden (aproximately within a speed-difference of less than 50 km/t, due to the elapsed time of between 5 and 10 seconds ...

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** OK! I'm glad to experie that the case is'nt closed. This is why I'm able to ask You, to take Your time. So: Dont run, run (run@) :-) Kim. My mistake I wrote red bow, but meant red bowe, so we are talking about the present-alike Draken. I haven't figured out the story about the Dragon so I will investigate a little

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hello, Firstly I would just like to ask Kim what is the facination with the sound of air on the outside of the fuselage? All planes are aerodynamic, some more than other's particularly regarding fighter's. When you go supersonic in an airliner (pretty rare apart from Concorde) you dont notice anything special from the ...