Timeline for Blunt noses subsonic drag - why a complete ellipse?
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| May 4, 2020 at 16:23 | comment | added | Guy Inchbald | The airflow separates around it, not from it. There is a difference. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 15:12 | comment | added | Abdullah is not an Amalekite | Wait I just noticed: "There is a stagnation point at the nose, where the airflow separates around it" why is the airflow separating, especially since the flow over the low-pressure side is not turned at all over the sharp nosepoint in the high-AoA scenario shown above? | |
| May 4, 2020 at 15:10 | comment | added | Abdullah is not an Amalekite | Right. In your answer itself it says that some planes have had pointed noses without hurt. And now that I sort of get what you're saying with the stagnation point moving, it would still appear that the drag reduction at angle would not be significant. Also, what about airfoils? This also I was asking. Thanks for the answer though :) | |
| May 4, 2020 at 12:28 | comment | added | Guy Inchbald | OK, I have added a bit more detail. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 12:27 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 4, 2020 at 11:59 | comment | added | Abdullah is not an Amalekite | but why does the stagnation point have to move to reduce high AoA drag? besides, the extension can be used to store things, and surely the pointed shape reduces pressure drag. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 11:53 | history | answered | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |