The word "fairing" is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it is used to refer to an aerodynamic improvement or cover for a vehicle or structure that helps reduce drag. For example, "The sleek design of the new aircraft was made possible by the addition of a new fairing."
The airplane was also used to tow gliders and was even converted to an efficient, high-speed glider by simply removing its engines (and fairing over their empty cowls) and other nonessential weight.
Fairing calculations produce data that can be fed back into a computer to generate hydrostatic and stability data and other information.
In another momentary drama, the fairing around the engine's nozzle, softened by the heat of the motor, buckled.
A recent task involved fairing the hull, which meant long days of deadly tedious filling and sanding.
A fairing shields the payload, or satellite, carried by a rocket into space.
Sat 8.30pm, BBVA Compass Stadium Stephen Eastepp, Dynamo Theory, Houston Houstonn has a big game coming up this weekend against an opponent that isn't fairing so well this year.
"Obviously Nic's due that week," Willett said, "so all depends on how our little man is fairing, if he fancies coming out early on, it would be great, but if not, I won't be playing".
The half-fairing and hand guards provide additional weather protection.
Ducati's ambition to establish its new model as a landmark product is evident in the name: Diavel is a reference in the Bolognese dialect for devil.Often characterized as a member of the muscle cruiser category, the bike hews more closely to the Monster model line -- naked bikes to enthusiasts -- than to the full-fairing design of the maker's super bikes.
Cagiva's Grand Canyon ($8,995) uses a 904 cc V-twin Ducati engine -- the company used to own Ducati -- and electronic fuel injection in a half-fairing body that's part off-road bike, part street bike and part pack mule.
On its Web site, Felt asserts, "Our design created an effective airfoil shape with approximately a 6 1 aspect ratio, that is still U.C.I. legal because it does not rely on a fairing-instant speed".
