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Originally posted by Tall Paul
Trailing edge "thickness".. Really fast planes seem to have missed the benefits of blunt edges.
You missed the point. Most of the "Really fast planes" have a taper ratio far greater than 4:1. But there were exceptions. Check the tail feathers of the X-15. No trailing taper at all.
The flutter most of us encounter is due to poor systems geometry and installation.
This is true.
Tight systems don't flutter.
Wrong, sir. Every system has a point at which it will flutter. Effort is always made to have that point outside the normal operating range, but it's there.
Viewing the crash:
It fluttered,
. He stuttered.
Bill.