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Old 11-11-2009 | 11:02 AM
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Default RE: Golf ball dimples


ORIGINAL: da Rock

Matter of fact, full scale designers experimented with wings that had arrays of holes all over 'em. The holes were pressurized. If I remember correctly, whatever they were trying for they got, but they were too difficult to mfg and maintain.
Of course, I know about the "blown" wing, but my story came from a different source...(heh, heh).

I did see a series of pictures that showed the Boeing 707 prototype with blown flaps. The airplane landed as slowly as a lightplane. Trouble was, the equipment for that mod was heavy-enough that the carrying capacity of the plane was compromised to the extent that is really wasn't useful. I'd still LOVE to see a B-707 (or equivalent) get in and out of a 2,100-foot strip, like lightplanes do!