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Laminar Flow Rethink-Using Composite Structure
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Analysis of flight test data from the Bellanca Skyrocket II's F.A.I. World Speed Records indicates that a general aviation aircraft can operate in the laminar flow “drag bucket” on a normal service basis. This is made possible only by utilizing the very smooth and ripple free air passage resulting from a composite sandwich structure.
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Payne, H., "Laminar Flow Rethink-Using Composite Structure," SAE Technical Paper 760473, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760473.Also In
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