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Old 01-08-2005, 11:35 AM
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Rodney
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Default RE: trailing edges

If you search the literature, you will find that rounded edges are the worst case airodynamically. For minimum drag, very sharp. Most versitile and nearly as drag free as sharp are the squared off edges. Strongest, squared off edges. Easy to cover, squared off. Least labor, squared off. On small models, doesn't make much difference but the larger ones can be effected.