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1. Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:38:02 -0500
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 fate
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00155.html (7,350 bytes)

2. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "todd" <todd@twinjugs.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 05:16:45 +0000
You won't get any argument from me(especially on number 2)John, but from past conversations I've had with others, I believe you will find plenty of opposition here. TD
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00156.html (7,695 bytes)

3. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: pork.pie@t-online.de (Pork Pie)
Date: 08 Jan 2005 09:14 GMT
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@c
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00157.html (7,706 bytes)

4. RE: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 06:01:50 -0500
If an object is 24 inches wide and the taper is 6 degrees per side I come up with it being a little over 114 inches long or 9.5 feet. 6 to 7 degrees is generally accepted as the optimum angle for a l
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00158.html (9,691 bytes)

5. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:36:30 -0500
Easy there Dave , don't holler at the messenger - I'm just a curious seeker of information wondering why what I read disagrees with what I've been told - It makes sense that a more gradualy tapered b
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00170.html (7,432 bytes)

6. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:44:07 -0500
Pork Pie - If the Cd of shape (A) was lower than the Cd of shape (B) why would you use shape (B) for a streamliner body - John
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00190.html (7,051 bytes)

7. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: pork.pie@t-online.de (Pork Pie)
Date: 09 Jan 2005 19:34 GMT
you wrote "Wing Aerodynamic" - wing aerodynamic and function is totally different to a body aerodynamic and function. Best example - a belly tank - which was used under the wing to extend the distan
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00192.html (7,455 bytes)

8. Re: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "todd" <todd@twinjugs.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:55:12 +0000
Excellent point Pork, it helped me! TD
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00201.html (7,128 bytes)

9. RE: Aero Revelations (score: 1)
Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:59:53 -0600
At some point, making the thing longer increases the parasitic skin drag to a point where it is higher than the induced drag. This is the "point of diminishing returns". Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Eas
/html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00210.html (8,017 bytes)


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