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WhyWhy do fat wings feel like they perform worse than strakes?

What about the earlier talk about wing aspect ratio? Does that mean it doesn't matter? Because I have a feeling that the fat wings aren't nearly as good as a bunch of S strake wings clipped together. Is it just my imagination or are there other differences that are more important?

Thanks, now I just need to find out which wings are the best/optimal for what I want. Where does mechjeb show drag values? I didn't see it in any of the windows.

Does that mean it doesn't matter what wings I use? Because I tinker with the wings all the time(to get the center of mass right) and it performs different each time.

That makes no sense, I thought KSP does model aero occlusion? Anyway, is the aspect ratio thing right? I can just throw on a bunch of strakes, and it doesn't matter if its the bigS strake or the normal one? My goal is to get a SSTO mk3 cargo container into orbit. Then I can have all sorts of inefficient slow launches, but the cool factor is hard to say no to.

How exactly do the wings differ? Like if I have multiple small wings, is that the same as 1 bigger wing? And if wings are all equal, is carrying fuel in the wings just as good as carrying fuel in the fuselage? Or is there a progression of better* wings as you progress up the tech tree? Googling wing analysis doesn't reveal much, except for an old reddit thread not to angle my wings up or down. *better defined as most lift given per weight used, and least drag added.