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Old 03-22-2005 | 08:58 PM
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Default RE: Need airfoil advice

Hi Snitch,
Yeah, I'd be interested. I'm in the middle of a scratch design myself (not to the balsa chip stage though). My wing is similar, but not as severe. It'll have a 14" root and about a 7" - 8" tip. It's a Marcoux-Bromberg racer from the 30's.

If I remember correctly, the 8037 is a slightly fatter version of the 8036, so if you do put that out in the tip, it could be a big help, especially with the washout. I notice that many of those Top-Flite Gold Edition kits do that - 8036 at the root, tapering to a 8037 at the tip. If I was more versed in it, I'd probably make a foam wing cuz it'd be easy to have someone cut the cores like that. But, I've never built with foam (yet) so I'd rather experiment on something not as 'exotic' as my first Scale job.

Keep me/us posted. I think we'd all like to see how your project is coming along. When I start mine, I'll reciprocate if anyone is interested...

Bob