A dude named Harris Nelson can be contacted through http://www.northcountyflyingmachines.com He made a ship called the Elf that was a pitcheron polyhedral. Take a look at http://www.northcountyflyingmachines.com/history.htm down at the bottom for his composite ships. I'm developing an unhealthy fascination with his Shrike.
-J On Thu, 23 May 2002, Brian Joder - OUTBOUND Ind. wrote: >Hello all, > >Question for you aerodynamic geniuses out there: > >What problems would I face if I converted a >rudder/elevator ship to a rudder/elevator/wingeron >ship - with a wing that has dihedral? > >In my scenario, lets assume the wingeron/pitcheron >hardware that rotates the wings works perfectly - no >binding, no slop. > >The real question I have is the wing I want to use has >built in dihedral starting about 1/3 of the way out - >will this dihedral cause handling problems, or is the >airfoil more critical? > >Why go to this trouble you ask? Because it's >interesting!??... and this wing will not accept >ailerons! > >Any takers on this one? > >(OK - it's a Hobie Hawk I'm talking about - there, I >said it!) > >B-man >http://www.hobiehawkinfo.com > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience >http://launch.yahoo.com >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
