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Ted's Tucker Special Ballast Experiment
Dennis Toth:
Very interesting stuff. It is also interesting that in the original article published in April 1962 American Modeler, Tucker states that a weight of 40oz is what the final version weight in at, very close to what Ted & Brett found.
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=1528
Maybe there is a wing load somewhere around 11- 12oz/ft^2 that for the normal design numbers (basically, Nobler moments and ratios with some tweaking but around those) that gives good performance and line tension.
Best, DennisT
Brett Buck:
--- Quote from: Dennis Toth on December 30, 2023, 05:11:41 PM ---Very interesting stuff. It is also interesting that in the original article published in April 1962 American Modeler, Tucker states that a weight of 40oz is what the final version weight in at, very close to what Ted & Brett found.
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=1528
Best, DennisT
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It was actually a lot more than 40. I want to say 46 or so. But it doesn't matter what the original article said, they didn't have the same engine, Ted's had much more effective power. So, making it light to enhance vertical performance was not as important as giving more margin over the Netzeband wall. It may have been completely different on the original, with something like a Fox, you are going to need it to be as light as you can make it, so it can make it to the top of the circle.
Brett
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