I do like the carefree nature of EPP wings. Here is a tip for
when you start flying with a composite wing -- learn to catch
the plane by the nose. Now that I do that I'm much less
concerned about putting (more) dents in my composite wing.
I agree that the Goblin and Dizzy Bird wings don't
(pardon me if this is a duplicate, I didn't see the previous
on get through...)
I do like the carefree nature of EPP wings. Here is a tip for
when you start flying with a composite wing -- learn to catch
the plane by the nose. Now that I do that I'm much less
concerned about putting (more)
I know the disadvantages of EPP wings such as the difficulty of
maintaining a true airfoil, lack of stiffness especially in torsion,
prune skin and surface imperfections caused by the underlying tape,
different behavior in different air temperatures, etc. I have even
posted regarding the
widlerj wrote:
So what are your suggestions for a different airfoil bearing in mind
that I can not get or maintain a truly accurate foil shape? I can
read polar graphs but have no idea how sensitive different airfoils
are to irregularities.
*chuckle* Did you ever see the episode of
. Mileski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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widlerj wrote:
So what are your suggestions for a different airfoil bearing in mind
that I can not get or maintain a truly accurate foil shape? I can
read
Henke, Steve wrote:
Did you ever see the episode of Junkyard Wars where they
built gliders?
do you mean the bomb drop episode?
Actually, there was another one where they built full size man-carrying gliders and
launched them off a slope (the idea being to see how far down the slope you
I saw that episode, those both needed to be building planes out of EPP...g
Kristopher
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