RE: [RCSE] Aerodynamics Q's (scimitar tips)

2000-12-12 Thread Regis White
2000 3:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Aerodynamics Q's (scimitar tips) Can anyone please explain to me how the scimitar/swept tips that are currently in fashion work? Are they significantly more efficient then a standard tip? Are there any formulas/rules for working out ho

Re: [RCSE] Aerodynamics Q's (scimitar tips)

2000-12-12 Thread Daniel Armstrong
> I assume you are referring to the optional mylar tips for the Logic HLG. No, not the Logic style tips but the type used on gliders especially F3* and F5B, the trailing edge sweeps forward for a little and then back into a point, like a sharks fin. All the modern hi-tech gliders use them but I