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Offline JoeJust

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New Prototypes nearly done
« on: January 02, 2020, 09:35:22 AM »
OK, start laughing, but here are two pictures of the prototype "European Style" profile Carrier ships.The lousy looking covering really isn't that poor, I just reflects the dormant "trumpeter Vines hanging over the table of our gazebo. Questions? The wing is held on and is removeable to try another type.
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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2020, 09:37:33 AM »
Hey, I like the idea.  If we don't try it, how do we know if it works or not. D>K
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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2020, 05:24:02 PM »
interesting. waiting to hear how flights go.

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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2020, 07:56:53 AM »
I assume this is a NWS 40 device?
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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2020, 09:30:39 AM »
Joe;

Please pictures of the underside of the plane.

Kind regards

Max
Max, lousy pictures but here ae two showing what the bottom of he wing looks like.
Joe
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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2020, 09:39:12 AM »
I assume this is a NWS 40 device?
Paul, not engraved in stone as yet. The whole project is to see if several  new ideas an be put to work. I these two prototypes show promise then I will build something like the attachment for entry in a contest if I ever get up enough energy to ever fly competitively again.
Joe
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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2020, 12:27:11 PM »
I gave up on flat-bottom lifting airfoils. 

Flat bottom airfoils let you fly slow, but make it harder to hang.

Symmetrical airfoils can be stalled-out easier and are thus better able to hang.
Paul Smith

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Re: New Prototypes nearly done
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2020, 04:00:23 PM »
Paul, Have you tried a flat bottom airfoil without the bottom  of the wing being covered? This approach is doing well in GB.
Joe
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