The Nobler wing has been the foundation for many stunt ships since it first appeared on the scene.I know that Bob Gialdini's Olympic used the Nobler wing very competitively. Now,normally, I wouldn't have much more to say, except the Legacy Wing has been mentioned.
I worked with Allen designing the Legacy. I did the drawings and helped with items that were added. let me go back to the beginning.
It was 1999, or 2000 I received a call from John Brodak. He had been trying to kit one of Allen's designs. He was ,most interested in the Buccaneer series. There was a problem as they had been kitted down in Texas, and the kit maker,wouldn't release the rights to another kit maker, even though they had ceased production, and were not planing on ever kitting it, or any other CL planes again. They had switched over to RC.
John asked me if I could work with Allen on a new design, one that took off from the Buccaneer, specifically, the larger of the two versions. This idea seemed to have a good chance. I knew Allen pretty good from my days flying, and competing in the Midwest. It also helped that I had one of the larger Buccaneer kits.
It was interesting, helping the designer, put together a new design, over the telephone. As with several of the parts, we would share our ideas and Allen would make the decision on which way we would go.
The wing was designed this way.
Allen gave me the wingspan, root and tip chords, areas of the wing, and flaps.
I took these numbers, and entered them into my then, new to me, lofting program, Compufoil. I entered the airfoil, the NASA 0018 4 digit airfoil. I used the 18 percent as when the flaps were added, it worked out to a 16% foil.
I set the lead-out sweep, and several other parameters, and the basic wing was done.
The only reason some may see the Nobler, or Genesis wing is that they all likely share the same basic NACA 4 diget airfoil.
It certainly has worked out well for the Legacy, and goes a way to show us the merits of some of the simpler airfoil.
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