ORIGINAL: speedracerntrixie
One thing that I simply can't fully understand as well is why people want to apply full scale theory and think it will 100% directly relate to our models. I't just dosent work that way. Sure Physics still apply in the same manner but when was the last time some real data was taken from an aircraft with our wing and power laoadings? These two things make it a whole different ball game.
It probably goes beyond the scope and intent of this discussion, but Reynolds numbers will be far different for a model even if it otherwise precisely duplicates a full scale counterpart.
jess