Recheck your airfoils again. The HQW series is not the same as the HQ series. I thought the same thing till I checked the high point and point of max thickness and they are different for the two series of airfoils.
Terry Throop ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew DiMizio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mike ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] HQW2/8 airfoil > Mike, > I used to fly a lot of ships in the late 1980's that used HQ airfoils. As I > recalll the 2/8 is a fast airfoil. I had an original Snipe by Jerry > Bridgeman tha used a 1,5/8 for wingeron that was a bat out of > hell....couldn't slow it down to land it though. The series of airfoils > does well with full camber changes. My first bagged wing was on an > Airtronics Adante that I believe used a HQ 2.5/9 and was quite a multi task > ship for that time. I think you'll find that Quabeck airfoils are quite > good. My only criticism would be stall behavior at high angles of attack. > Camber/elevator mix might be helpful, if I can remember correctly, they > didn't pull through turns quite as well as some of the RG series. Let us > know how it flies! > Seasons greetings, > A.J. DiMizio > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mike ashley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] HQW2/8 airfoil > > > I had read an article by Helmut Quabeck on his HQW2/8 airfoil. I have made > a wing for my Fun-1 using this airfoil. I haven't had a chance to test it > yet. Has anyone flown this airfoil? > > Thanks, > Mike Ashley > 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. > > 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. > > 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.
