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Old 10-19-2009 | 03:16 PM
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Default RE: Penetration

I have identical setups of the two models ansd the results are -strangly enough-
identical.
For those new to all this :
The very thick wing on the ERATIX is, as are all very thick wings - fairly "numb to small changes in pitch.

This is where the slow speed maneuvering (read that -landing) character of the two models is noticeable different

You can easily assume the three point attitude with the fat wing -as the change in angle does not dramically alter lift
Some think that a thick wing has more lift
Nope
It has less
The "high lift" is actually a more tolerant response to AOA
I have only two airfoils
one is round like a cylinder
the other is flat like a piece of paper
depending on what I want to do - I flatten the fat one till I get what I want
The series n number of them is not of any interest to me on these small aircraft.