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Old 05-16-2009 | 12:29 AM
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Default RE: Extra airfoil thickness

The optimum thickness for models is 12%.  Thicker airfoils don't show improvement until high Reynolds number ( full size ).  Looks like Mike Hurley knows what he's doing.