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Aerodynamics is the study of how air moves and interacts with solid objects. It is an essential part of aircraft design.
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Why are blunt noses better (subsonic)?
According to this, a blunt nose is aerodynamically superior even when flying at the optimal AOA, but then why do gliders, which obviously value aerodynamics above all, always have relatively sharp noses … In other words, if we were to design a new airplane, why wouldn't we sharpen the nose closer to a point instead of blunting it closer to a hemisphere, only considering aerodynamics? …
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