Larry & Dan,
Thanks! Now I know, and it all makes sense to me now. I suppose that the
only acceptable application on a fast KR would be a sort of deployable
vortex generators that deploy when you drop the flaps, and retract in a
"clean" configuration.
That sounds like a lot of work....but it would sure be cool.
Mark Youkey
myou...@cox.net
Oklahoma City
----- Original Message -----
From: "larry severson" <lar...@socal.rr.com>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: KR>Vortex Generators
>
> >Perhaps you can explain the vortex generator to me.
>
> Vortex generators prevent separation of the airflow from the wing surface
> by creating turbulent flow. It will help in reducing the effective stall
> speed for most aircraft because they are placed in the area in front of
> ailerons and flaps to guarantee that the airflow will not separate prior
to
> hitting those surfaces. The stall becomes more recoverable. With the KR2's
> long aileron and a wing designed to stall at the tips first, they only
> create more drag without impacting stall speeds. {You will recognize the
> loss of lift on a KR2 long before you will be thrown into a spin.}
Anything
> that creates turbulent flow creates drag (bad, bad, bad when you want to
go
> fast with a small engine).
>
>
> Larry Severson
> Fountain Valley, CA 92708
> (714) 968-9852
> lar...@socal.rr.com
>
>
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