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Old 05-25-2004 | 09:29 AM
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banktoturn
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Default RE: basic aerodynamics

OK-- I am a blowhard but I do try to explain why my stuff works - Stating that " there are theoretical explanations ", clarifies nothing in my book.
But please , enlighten me but leave the wind tunnel at home -
Dick,

In point of fact, you don't explain why your stuff works. You simply say, over and over again, that you know it works because you've flown it. At no time have you explained how lower wing loading broadens the usable CG range, or why flat plates are better wings at low Reynold's numbers. Telling people to 'leave the wind tunnel at home' is perhaps the most ricidulous thing you've said. The only problem with wind tunnel results is that they are usually not performed at Reynold's numbers that are applicable to models. Wind tunnel results for the right Reynold's numbers would be very valuable to see.

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