yea but laminar flow in the pony (as i understand it) was sort of like the elliptical wing in the spit in that although clearly having it's advantages they also never achieved the design projections for one reason or another and therefore never really lived up to the expectations of the designer.
i am pretty sure this is true for the spit because of the twist that was added to the wing for handling purposes it never really produced the efficiency that the pure elliptical wing would have, it also rolled poorly hence the later clipped wings.
in the ponies case true laminar flow was supposed to achieve great things, but even though the pony was very slick, from what i understand not achieving true laminar flow left it under achieving in some areas.
now i am not positive about this and i am posting for clarification so don't get all twisted up as the above are more questions or requests for clarification than statements prepared to be defended as fact.
i.e. these are things i have heard or read can't really remember where and was wondering if anyone had the
real story.
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