[RCSE] Polars

Understanding polars has been covered very nicely in the book: Understanding Polars without Math I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone interested in flying. It's reasonably priced and available through B^2 Streamlines at: http://www.halcyon.com/bsquared/UPwoM.html Bill Swingle

Re: [RCSE] airfoils

I think this information would be handy for most everyone here. It would be nice to have a good description in laymans terms of characteristics. Possibly also a description of why certain airfoils are used together blended in a wing and why. Cheers, Mark http://www.isthmusmodels.com SD7037 -

[RCSE] Reynolds Number

Checkout Martin Hepperle's page: http://beadec1.ea.bs.dlr.de/Airfoils/glossary.htm#TermReynolds Osborne Reynolds (1842-1912) Worked for 37 years as a professor of engineering at the university of Manchester, Great Britain. In 1883 his experiments lead him to the definition of a dimensionless

RE: [RCSE] airfoils

While a list of airfoils with layman descriptions wouldn't be too difficult to make; your second request is much tougher. Understanding why certain airfoils are used together blended in a wing and why is a very large question. There are guys who spend careers doing exactly that. It takes BIG UGLY

Re: [RCSE] Reynolds Number

I'll elaborate on this slightly: Bill Swingle wrote: Reynold's number is a very important parameter in fluid dynamics. Flows at the same Reynolds number are similar, which make it possible to use smaller models (length l) for tests at higher velocities (velocity v) to achieve the same

[RCSE] RCSE Archive

Is there an archive to RCSE discussions anywhere. I want to look up a topic from earlier in the year? Regards Steve _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by

Re: [RCSE] Challenger kit

www.skybench.com click on the Nostalgia/RES link... Challenger is at the top of the page. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Challenger kit Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 01:41:03 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [152.163.225.99] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id

[RCSE] Frank Zaic

The Frank Zaic books are gone. Thanks Al

Re: [RCSE] RCSE Archive

try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soaring/messages Cheers Kjelli - Original Message - From: Sinjen smythe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: [RCSE] RCSE Archive Is there an archive to RCSE discussions anywhere. I want to

Re: [RCSE] Challenger kit

The Challenger is a great-flying plane if you're a good flyer. I haven't seen the Skybench kit of the Challenger, but Skybench stuff is top-notch; all of it bears the stamp of Ray Hayes, master craftsman and expert flyer. Ray flew his Challenger for the first time at the Nats in Nostalgia, and

[RCSE] On-line resources for airfoil information

I recommend Martin Simon's book, Model Aircraft Aerodynamics, Some of the following sites and comments are copied from an old message from R. J. Steinhaus. For on-line resources, one place is to start is the NASA site that covers aerodynamics at the high-school level:

[RCSE] On-line resources for airfoil information

Joel, This is a copy of a message that I sent to someone via RCSE. Having gone through the trouble of assembling this list of sites, it might be useful to put these sites in the Model Design Section of the CRRC web site. For on-line resources, one place is to start is the NASA site that

Re: [RCSE] airfoils

Dudes You guys are taxing my brain and that seems to make it hurt. However, I seem to remember several pages of airfoil profiles and a breif description of each along with practical applications in the old blue NSP Catalog. Denny Maize Polecat Aeroworks (717) 789-0146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A

[RCSE] Got the flyin bug again-a little off topic

Hello all on the exchange. After spending the past 3mos on an extended fishing tour of the western states, the old casting arm is finally wearing down. No, havent been fishing this long because I love it- actually Ive been tryng to build up the old arm for better hlg launch height- just

[RCSE] nyx first impressions?

For those attending the Visalia event this weekend, I would appreciate a first impression on the new NYX glider that will be there (F3X.com). Not so much the flying side of things, but the construction. Give the air frame a stiffness test (twist/bend)... particularly the fuselage. It would be

[RCSE] Nyx first impressions??

For those attending the Visalia event this weekend, I would appreciate a "first impression" on the new NYX glider that will be there (F3X.com). Not so much the flying side of things, but the construction.Give the air frame a stiffness test (twist/bend)... particularly the fuselage. It would