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Old 04-26-2007, 11:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Why do jets have swept wings?

No, it's NOT to do with frontal area. In aerodyanmics, you will learn not to jump to intuitive and the conclusions within easy grasp, cause those usually are not right. If it was frontal area, you would just make the wings shorter, right?

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Thats what I said last night, had to be frontal area... Thanks.
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