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Old 08-28-2004, 01:55 PM
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Default RE: Should wide,flat trailing edge be included in Chord?

Yep, that's right. It'll be the first ever slowfly SPAD...

If you look at it this way it's sort of like having flaps deployed all the time. Or using one of the "old timer" undercambered wing sections. In fact it'll look a lot like this Jedelsky section from Profili2. These were used on a lot of the all balsa designs from a couple of decades ago before corrugated plastic was invented. The model will fly slower, will require a slightly larger horizontal stabilizer and if you use ailerons then be sure to use extreme differential so the one side moves up a lot more and quicker than the other side moves down to avoid the often nasty adverse yaw effect that comes with highly cambered airfoils. Or you can mix in some rudder so the ailerons and rudder are coupled to move together.

Low, slow and super close in would be the name of the game with one like this. Perhaps even a powered glider SPAD? Cropdusting? Nap of the earth flying?
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