Dr. Drela and Tom Kiesling are "Supra-men" with the help of Phil Barnes. And TK worked with Barry Kennedy to produce the molded Supra. At least that's what I though. JD
________________________________________ From: Jay Hunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:49 PM To: RCSE posting Subject: Re: [RCSE] Supra or Onyx JW, these are "Me-Too Designs" Thanks Phil... I thought the Supra was a refinement of one of Drela's earlier planes. which was the agea right? On Nov 30, 2007 2:25 PM, Phil Barnes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I thought the supra was a renfinement of the the thermal dancer? > > Oh, Jay :-( I guess we need to forgive you since you haven't been around soaring very much. The Thermal Dancer came well after the Supra and was meant to be a low cost, two piece wing model based on the Supra airfoils and tail group. Sort of a blending of the NSP bagged wing methods with the Supra airfoils and tail arrangement. Phil RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
