True, but it was a joke Mike, in the same vein as Richard F would have known that the nose dimpling would not behave as a golf ball and hence no aerodynamic improvement would result.
I'll be sure to include a smiley next time though :) Cheers Paul On 11 September 2014 09:45, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> wrote: > No, the dimples on a golf ball turbulate the boundary layer so that on > the rear face you don't get laminar flow separation. The separated region > will be larger for laminar flow than for turbulent > hence more drag. > > Mike > > > > > At 09:23 AM 11/09/2014, you wrote: > > like a golf ball, maybe is an aerodynamic improvement! > > > At 07:13 PM 10/09/2014, 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. Hail damage (Future Aviation) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:42:59 +0930 > From: "Future Aviation" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Hail damage > To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello all > > > > That's what the nose of an Airbus A330 looks like after going through a > hail > storm in > South America. > > > > cid:[email protected] > > > > Kind regards to all > > > > Bernard > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20140911/ab578c3b/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 35885 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20140911/ab578c3b/attachment.jpe > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > End of Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 132, Issue 53 > ******************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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