Timeline for Why are aircraft external lights round, not tear-drop shaped?
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| Mar 11, 2015 at 17:55 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @LieRyan: So? The entire fuselage adds more drag than the lights. Doesn't make it pointless to discuss the lights. | |
| Mar 11, 2015 at 3:08 | comment | added | Fattie | Note that the two small antennas you see in the photo, would probably be of similar aerodynamic problem value, than, the shaping of the beacon. | |
| Mar 11, 2015 at 2:04 | vote | accept | FreeMan | ||
| Mar 11, 2015 at 0:11 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | Cessna 172's non retractable landing gear probably would have added much more drag than the lights. | |
| S Mar 10, 2015 at 23:06 | history | suggested | Trebia Project. |
Also involves aerodynamics
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| Mar 10, 2015 at 22:08 | answer | added | Trebia Project. | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 21:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/575412090544001026 | ||
| Mar 10, 2015 at 21:44 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Mar 10, 2015 at 17:15 | answer | added | voretaq7 | timeline score: 18 | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 16:23 | answer | added | GdD | timeline score: 14 | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 15:53 | comment | added | ratchet freak | light distribution through a lens is much more complicated than that | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 15:47 | comment | added | FreeMan | I thought about that, @ratchetfreak, but I would think that a clear housing would help, or, with the current lighting technology, the lens could be shaped on the outside with the appropriate bits on the inside to ensure proper light distribution. | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 15:23 | comment | added | ratchet freak | Biggest reason would be light spread. | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 15:21 | history | asked | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |