Originally posted by Starfire
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Otherwise, your "ahead of the nose" configuration would be an extremely smart way to go - the wake would impinge on the fueslage and reattach, substantially reducing the drag increment from the radome. Balancing would be the only problem I see, and could be taken care of by moving the payload for that config.
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Prop clearance of the deployed payload is a problem. How to get the plane past/over the box after it's dropped, and not have the prop hit it...
The number of ways to skin this cat....
