I'm not going to argue with aerodynamicists... if they say its 8m square... then that's good enough for me!
By my basic maths that means the aspect ratio is.......... um.... its gotta be 64 divide by 8........ no, that's not right, Pi times diameter divide by the circumference........ Yeah that's it........ equals 1 ! On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Richard Frawley <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote: > it should be tapered and not square, Pukatrucks have stolen that way > already ! (well rectangle anyway) > > > > On 11 May 2016, at 11:47 AM, Bob Dircks <dircks....@gmail.com> wrote: > > 8m square.... that's a bloody big wing.... it'll have to weigh about 3.5 > tons to get a reasonable wing loading ! > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Richard Hatch <rhatch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Just heard, 8m.sq wing! >> >> Not sure how well it'll go though in the broken thermals though. Perhaps >> it's going to be of limited production like the Diana 2, set up for record >> flying on perfect days!? >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Mike Borgelt < >> mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote: >> >>> Nothing on the Jonker website or Google search. Lots of JS-1 but they >>> seem to be racing cars or guitars. >>> >>> I can't imagine why anyone would design a new 15M racing class glider >>> nowadays. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 09:38 PM 4/18/2016, you wrote: >>> >>> JS1-Racing >>> >>> Newly developed fuselage >>> 15m racing class >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> *Borgelt Instruments* - >>> *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * >>> www.borgeltinstruments.com >>> tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 >>> mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 >>> P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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