As you probably have found out, unless under the thumbs of
someone who can find lift, work it, and come home to the spot, airfoils
don't provide any value beyond conversation.
Ever tried flying DLG with a Clark-Y or an NACA6412 vs a Drela foil?
You just might see a spot of difference - like
On 10/28/04 17:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You take the Clark-Y, I'll take the Drela and let's do a mano y mano
thing sometime.
How about I send my designated proxy, say DP, and let him have a whack at
it? OK? Still up for the mano-a-mano thing?
Or maybe ask the guys at the Rose Bowl
Ever tried flying DLG with a Clark-Y or an NACA6412 vs a Drela
foil?
Its a trade-off...the Clark-Y is a moderately performing, stable,
vice-free airfoil that'll take a lot of flying abuse. The tighter airfoils will
give more lift but they are likely to have a narrower window where that
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On 10/28/04 17:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You take the Clark-Y, I'll take the Drela and let's do a mano y mano
thing sometime.
How about
It might be worth building a DLG with a Clark-Y airfoil; I don't think
anyone's done it so I don't think we can say its that much worse than any
other foil. (I suspect it will work rather well, especially if there's an
expert flying it.)
Martin Usher
Martin,
There would be a noticeable
On 10/28/04 18:40 Pat McCleave wrote:
Bill,
If airfoils do not make any difference, then why do the guys you mentioned
always try to find better more efficient foils and planforms all the time?
You missed my point. For the guys I mentioned, they DO make a difference.
For 995 of the rest of
On 10/28/04 20:58 Bill Malvey wrote:
For 995 of the rest of us they do not.
Of course, that's 99%. Missed shift. I hate that.
~~~
Bill Malvey
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