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Old 01-03-2009 | 08:45 AM
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Default RE: relationship of ground effect and wing chord

At typical model speeds and sizes - I would go for one CHORD as a more accurate number
Why? low speed approaches show hardly any if any real ground effect.
speed has a HUGE effect on pressure build up.
Air ALWAYS takes the path of least resistance and in small sizes and low speeds there isn't much pressure build up.
The best ground effect setup has the most chord.
Almost like the Space Vehicles.
Funny that -