>> Reducing the taper to resemble a bubble will cost you in performance in 
>> the
>> form of drag on the back of the canopy.

> Not sure that's right Mark - refer the 240 mph (2,000lb) GP4, T18 and
> Mustang II plus any number of modern designs that have concave curves in 
> all
> planes.  (Apogee??)

It's a known fact, not up for debate, as far as I'm concerned...

Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama
see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
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