Was anyone flying the Mark Drela designed Aegea 2M at the NATS?
The design for the Aegea 2M was posted to the Allegro-Lite group in
August 2002, so it seems to be contemporaneous with the Mantis 2M &
the Organic 2M.
On 29/07/2006, at 11:00 AM, tony estep wrote:
From: Jim Deck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...the dominant design utilized by the top ten
finishers was the venerable "Duck"...
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A very fine post in its entirety, Jim. 2-Meters is a world unto
itself, and when good flyers go at it, it's a very worthwhile
event. You have to launch to the moon, then find lift quick,
because the little planes come down in a hurry and don't travel
well if you hit sink.
The dominance of the Duck design seems to me to have some
interesting implications. U.S. flyers generally have disdained V-
tail airplanes, but the Duck shows that they can learn to love 'em
if the tail is big enough. Additionally, the Duck has a fairly low
AR wing and is pretty heavy; these characteristics don't match the
current fashion, but in this class they seem to prove out to be
best in practice.
It would be neat to see a resurgence of interest in 2M, just to see
what other design tweaks might come along. It seems that there
hasn't been much design activity in this class since the Organic
and 2M Mantis. Maybe there's a world-beater out there to be
discovered.
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