On 21/10/2008, at 5:18 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At least the things might be lighter to rig but where will the water
go? The limit on glider performance is the airfoil performance at
low Reynolds numbers. This places a lower limit on the wing chord
and we are there already and there is some evidence that thinner
wings won't be better (DG600 wing was 11% t/c). So the most you'll
do is reduce structure weight but with about the same wing area.
This just means more water to get the wing loading and we're running
out of wing volume already.
If the wing is strong enough you could put it in tanks in the fuse.
Sure, it'd be a non-lifting part, but appropriate design would do
the job.
- mark
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