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July 6th 04, 11:29 PM
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I'm not sure if it is the answer - but fitting gull wings (whether inverted or not) means that the wing root joins the fuselage at approx 90 deg - therebye eliminating the need for a large, drag-producing wing-to-fuselage fillet. Uhhh no. The fillets were there to DECREASE drag. You only need fillets on high or low-winged a/c Fillets are used to smooth out airflow and thus decrease drag. The air over a wing is moving at a higher velocity than the air over the fuselage, and when the streams mix you get turbulence and drag. The fillets work to counteract this interaction and the drag it causes. 
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