Aircraft fairing
An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.
These structures are covers for gaps and spaces between parts of an aircraft to reduce form drag and interference drag, and to improve appearance.
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Types
On aircraft, fairings are commonly found on:
; Belly fairing
; Cockpit fairing
; Elevator and horizontal stabilizer tips
; Engine cowlings
; Fin and rudder tip fairings: Fin and rudder tip fairings reduce drag at low angles of attack, but also reduce the stall angle, so the fairing of control surface tips depends on the application.
; Fillets: Fillets smooth the airflow at the junction between two components like the fuselage and wing, or the fuselage and fin.
; Fixed landing gear junctions
; Flap track fairings
; Spinner
; Strut-to-wing and strut-to-fuselage junctions
; Tail cones
; Wing root
; Wing tips
; Wheels on fixed gear aircraft
