Gentlepeople...
I wish to thank everyone so much for the insights, references, wisdom, and
healthy skepticism...much grist for the mill!
When re-reading my original posting, I discovered an error in my description
of a hypothetical fairing/fillet when I wrote..."a quarter of an elipse with
a half-major axis of say 30 inches and a half-minor axis of say 24 inches"
which would be a quite large indeed. I should have written "major" and
"minor"...not "half-major etc...which reduces the proposed fairing/fillet
IMHO to a more reasonalbe proportion to the wing chord.
I envy all of you who are already in the air...happy landings
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