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Old 12-10-2003 | 07:47 PM
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Default RE: Will increasing the thickness of a biplane wing decrease the stall speed, or just add useless dr
Realistically, not enough to make any difference. Slow flight is mainly a function of area, not wing thickness (that was a really broad brush statement with lots of assumptions but close enough - maybe)
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