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the smooth lie a machine tells the wind so it stops fighting back
means a streamlined shell fitted to a vehicle or machine to reduce drag and smooth airflow over its surface.
from From the verb "fair," meaning to make smooth or even — the same "fair" as in fair weather and a fair face, from Old English "fæger," meaning beautiful, pleasing, smooth. Shipwrights spoke of "fairing" a hull into a clean, flowing line long before aircraft and motorcycles borrowed the word; to fair something was to coax it into a shape pleasing to the eye and, as it turned out, to the wind.
- rocket use
- Shields satellites, then splits and falls away into the sea
- reused now
- SpaceX catches falling fairings in giant boat-mounted nets
- old meaning
- Once meant a gift bought at an English country fair
- motorcycle skin
- Cuts drag and deflects bugs from rider faces
- shape obsession
- Engineers chase teardrop curves nature already perfected in fish
boeing 787 dreamliner fuselage — composite fairing reduces drag by 20% compared to 777, entered service 2011
formula 1 nose cone — aerodynamic fairing that teams redesign annually, mercedes 2023 design reduced drag coefficient
wind turbine nacelle — protective fairing houses generator and gearbox, vestas v164 turbine uses advanced composite fairings