Steve Hosgood wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 10:11, Steve Hosgood (that's me) wrote: > >>Width of aileron = 14 inches (from which length of aileron must be >>about 14 ft to reach the stated aileron area of 16.5sq ft, allowing for >>the rounding-off of the shape near the wingtip). >> >>I'll see what more I can deduce tonight. >>Steve >> > > > Er - wait a minute! > The entire wing was only 15 ft long! That can't be right! > > The diagram must imply that the *total* aileron area was 16.5 sq ft. > > That would make each aileron about 7ft long, slightly less than half the > length of the wing. Which is closer to what we see on the diagrams, but > seems a little long even so. > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d >
OK, well keep the data coming. I will start with the fuselage, that should be safe. Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
