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Old 08-30-2009 | 09:45 PM
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Default RE: real scale flight

While a 1/12 flight speed would be a perfect scale speed I think you'll need to temper that a little with reality. A 7 foot span model will need to be built to a crazy light sailplane like weight to keep the flying speed down to even near to the mid 20's mph region. This may just not be practical.

And I also concur with the washout figures. You can't go wrong with lots of washout on a highly tapered wing such as this.

Good luck with an interesting project.