Timeline for Why are aircraft external lights round, not tear-drop shaped?
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| Apr 3, 2019 at 11:45 | comment | added | FreeMan | As this just popped up in my feed again, I was rereading it and your understanding of my assumption was faulty. My OP was "Cessna 172... the beacon light" there was no blanket assumption that all GA aircraft lights are round and not aerodynamic. The question was about this particular light on that particular model. Anyway, back to letting sleeping dogs lie... | |
| Mar 11, 2015 at 16:49 | comment | added | curious_cat | @voretaq7 The wing is critical to lift so makes sense that you'd think hard while putting anything there that'd disturb the flow. | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 21:20 | comment | added | voretaq7 | It's interesting that some lights on small aircraft are streamlined (wingtip lights come immediately to mind), but others are disgustingly draggy (like the beacon in the question). | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 16:23 | history | answered | GdD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |