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Old 03-18-2002, 10:49 AM
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Ollie
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Default undercambered vs flat bottomed wing

Yesterday we were flying in 15 MPH winds. I was flying with a wing of 8% thickness and 3% mean camber (undercamber). Some of my flying buddies were flying planes with flat bottomed airfoils of 12% thickness and about 4% camber. All the planes had about the same wing loading of 8 ounces per square foot. My plane was able to penetrate noticable better than the others.

I maintain that you can't generalize on the basis of flat bottomed versus undercambered.