On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Howard Mark wrote: > Mike Selig was visiting Denver a few years ago and was a guest speaker at > our monthly RMSA club meeting. > I was building a Saturn 2.9T at the time, and was wondering if there was > anything special I could do with the wing tips to help performance. So I > asked Mike about this and his response was that a sharp square tip was > pretty close to optimal - but not quite as good as a well designed optimal > tip. He added that the square tip is MUCH better than a poorly designed tip > - such as an improper winglet or drooped tip. The Saturn flew great - with > squared tips. I've never forgotten this advice.
Very interesting. I've been trying to figure out the tip issue for a while now. It's good to get some data from the horse's mouth. Or at least, from someone who swears by what the horse said. -J RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
