Fitting my sailplane with an iPod as we speak. Not really understanding what's going on here, is the noise creating "sound turbulators" across the whole wing surface?
Works on small, slow aircraft . . . On 8/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Johns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Greetings! > > > >Now this looks most interesting: 22% increase in lift for small > >aircraft. > > >http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7867&feedId=online-news_rss20 > > (Word-wrap mangled link repaired.) > > That's an interesting article, and an especially interesting description of a > stall: > > >"The air can no longer remain attached to the wing and it tends to break off > >in large sheets...", says Ian Salmon, an engineer with Qantas Airways in > >Sydney, who conducted the research while at the University of New South > >Wales, also in Sydney. But Salmon has found that certain frequencies of sound > >help air stay attached to the wing. > > Does that really make sense? I wonder. I don't think I've ever heard a wing > stall described quite like that before. > > Mike > -- > Winch Solenoid Safety Buzzer - http://www.vvsss.com/buzzer/ > _____ > \__________________|__________________/ > (O) > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and > unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in > text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
