Difference between Tip airfoil and Route airfoil
10-24-2017, 08:45 AM
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Difference between Tip airfoil and Route airfoil
What is the difference between route airfoil and tip airfoil?
Because I've seen an aircraft construction plan and there were both tip and route airfoil but only one wing
because it was a plan for a flying wing aircraft.
So does somebody know what's the difference between them?
and how do I combine them into one wing
Because I've seen an aircraft construction plan and there were both tip and route airfoil but only one wing
because it was a plan for a flying wing aircraft.
So does somebody know what's the difference between them?
and how do I combine them into one wing
10-24-2017, 09:18 AM
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The difference is in the designer's performance objective giving a different air flow characteristic at the root (near the fuselage) vs at the tip. Usually to create a washout effect where the wing stalls at the root before the tip, but there are probably other good reasons too. My guess is you are looking at a foam core wing design, in which case the root pattern and tip pattern will dictate the transition between the two when the core is cut.
Make sense?
Bedford
The difference is in the designer's performance objective giving a different air flow characteristic at the root (near the fuselage) vs at the tip. Usually to create a washout effect where the wing stalls at the root before the tip, but there are probably other good reasons too. My guess is you are looking at a foam core wing design, in which case the root pattern and tip pattern will dictate the transition between the two when the core is cut.
Make sense?
Bedford
