>Perpendicular to the LOCAL LE ??
>Wow! I had no idea. Personally I've always favored squared-off tips.
>Should I re-think this?
The local LE shape is significant as long as the local sweep
is not excessive, so the velocity component normal to the
leading edge is still significant. The square
I quote the great Phil "Bozo" Lontz (who was most likely quoting someone
else):
"The most important thing about tips is the distance between them."
Bill Swingle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Janesville, CA
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Howard Mark wrote:
> Mike Selig was visiting Denver a few years ago and was a guest speaker at
> our monthly RMSA club meeting.
> I was building a Saturn 2.9T at the time, and was wondering if there was
> anything special I could do with the wing tips to help performance. So
Mike Selig was visiting Denver a few years ago and was a guest speaker at
our monthly RMSA club meeting.
I was building a Saturn 2.9T at the time, and was wondering if there was
anything special I could do with the wing tips to help performance. So I
asked Mike about this and his response was that
4 matches
Mail list logo
