The world of wide body jets is very different to sailplanes. The target efficiencies are also very different. Just to work out a cost index takes months and then you haven't even started on EGT vs AoA vs CoG vs Wind vs Route vs climb vs cruise vs descent mode.
Justin Sinclair 17 Queen st Scarborough Qld 4020 Mob 0421061811 Hm 07 3885 8949 Sent from iPhone > On 14 Jul 2014, at 12:55, Rob Izatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > HpH have been spending considerable time and money on this point with > engineers who specifically work in the wide body jet area. The TwinShark has > been delayed as the boss is adamant he wants something better. One of the > primary areas they are also working on is the weight of non flying parts - > fuselage. The factory does risk missing the boat with the Arcus/32/JS2 unless > of course it is great. > >> On 14 Jul 2014, at 12:39 pm, Richard Frawley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> what is presented here seems to be in contradiction to the successes and >> efficiency of wide body jets vs their narrow body predecessors. >> >> I would be very interested to hear from design experts in this thread. From >> what i have read from experts elsewhere, it appears to be not the cross >> sectional area of the fuze that makes the difference, but the actual overall >> design (to maintain laminar flow and minimize separation) and particularly >> the efficiency of the interface between fuze and the wing that can have >> significant effect. >> >> >> >> >> >> At 10:30 PM 13/07/2014, you wrote: >>> Send Aus-soaring mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Aus-soaring digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: 20M gliders (Matthew Scutter) >>> 2. Re: 20M gliders (Mike Borgelt) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:18:50 +1000 >>> From: Matthew Scutter <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 20M gliders _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
