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Old 10-08-2012 | 02:43 AM
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Default RE: Skygate Hawk - build (virtual manual)

Hi Chatty, Great to meet you guys too, take it you had a good time at JP. That Olympus deal was fantastic.

Please do advise me if there will be a centerline tank for the SkyGate Hawk it will save me building one !!

The vortex generators on the SG Hawk wing are at the wrong angle and in the wrong location according to the BAe drawings.

I simply sanded off the markings with 320 paper (sprayed over them with white primer) and made new VGs to the correct shape and angle, with the side plate also made from thin glass board and glued alongside the VGs. Look perfect.

I measured the angle from the drawings at 15 degree relative to a/c C/l but I believe Tobba or Remco measured them at 13 degrees. Exact angle is not THAT important but they DO seem to work on my AW Hawks which are very docile near the normal and accelerated stall, so even at our Reynolds numbers they seem to work !

Let me have your address and I will copy the BAe wing drawing for you and you can then get the correct angle and location.

regards,

David.