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Old 05-07-2006 | 05:02 PM
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Default RE: The pitfall of a flat stab with square leading edge

Hey Matt, if it's not too much trouble how about running these again but this time with the more "standard" rounded leading edge and square trailing edge? Something that I'm not sure you can model with the software is the tendency to flutter. One reason often given for squaring off the trailing edge is that rounded ones tend to develop a stronger flutter while square ones have more drag but also a highly reduced flutter energy situation.

This is an extremely interesting thread thanks to your computational fluid vews. VERY interesting. And a hearty THANKS! for taking the time to run these tests!