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To: cruise_missile

When the landing gear are retracted (which is most of the time, when in flight), they are flush with the rest of the aircraft, minimizing drag.

The zig-zag may be to minimize radar reflections.


36 posted on 01/14/2013 6:59:39 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

That is exactly what the zigzag pattern is for.
It still produces a drag especially at supersonic speeds.
If it is completely flush it doesn’t need to be zigzag does it?

Besides that the intake doesn’t look like a supersonic intake.

Again. This is a copy of our drones. Our drones are close to but not
supersonic. So why would theirs be supersonic and ours not if they look the same?


37 posted on 01/14/2013 12:30:09 PM PST by cruise_missile
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