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Old 11-16-2016 | 08:16 AM
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Even if the airflow is perfect, the canopy still presents unneeded frontal area that does nothing but increase induced drag.
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I've never seen anything functional installed in anyone's canopy . . . . ever.
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In a fighter jet, the pilot's head is installed inside the canopy, but our pattern planes . . . .
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