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Old 10-20-2012 | 05:51 AM
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Default RE: AR-6 Construction Thread

ORIGINAL: sahartman2
This wing is 8.5% thick at the tips. The other one is 11% thick at the tips.
I will be curious to see if you can tell a difference between the two wings, either in speed or in handling. According to the Xfoil run, the 8.5% tip wing will be more prone to tip stall and not all that much lower drag. But that's just a 2D simulation and I don't always believe simulations.

The 700,000 Rn is roughly 160 mph and the 220,000 Rn is roughly 50 mph (landing)
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