John,
the different is the word "Wing".....a 10% wing or a 4% wing....or a hycritical
wing....
We are talking normally from aerodynamic "Body".....at the salt...
See ya
Pork Pie
"John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net> schrieb:
> While reading my "Theory of Wing Sections" today I found a couple of things I
> didn't realize - (1) A streamlined shape that's widest in the middle has the
> least drag (always thought the best was fatest at 30% with a more gradual
> taper in the back) - (2) A streamlined shape that's 2 ft wide has less drag if
> it's 10 ft long than if it's 20 ft long - Less surface with 16 deg. taper is
> better than more area and 8 deg. taper - Anybody disagree with these things -
> John
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