high wing, struts, I have a mental picture of a horse drawn zepplin. JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Future planes may be made of `buckypaper'
> > 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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
