Re: Tandem wing plane
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Originally posted by Bill M
Yes,
You are right about the book, I have not bought the book yet. Did not want to order it and have not been to the nearest shop that carries it.
All of the info that I have found is on the full scale Quickies, and the Dragonfly. All of it is very complex and way above my head. My thinking was that if I used an airfoil that stalled at a low speed...STOP! It's the angle of attack that's important on a tandem. An airfoil that "stalled at a low speed"??? would be stalled most of the time.. I could avoid ever having either wing stall in flight. Models can survive much more abuse in terms of bad piloting than a man-carrier can afford to. Don't spend too much time building an "unstallable" airplane that is difficult to fly, and not fun at all! That may seem like a strange idea, but from the flight testing that I have done with the 8035 it looked like it should work. The estimated weight of this plane would be about 4.5lbs. This would give a relatively light wing loading. I'm building some small free flight models for testing, so I'll see what works and what does not.
Thanks again for the info, Ollie
Bill
Yes,
You are right about the book, I have not bought the book yet. Did not want to order it and have not been to the nearest shop that carries it.
All of the info that I have found is on the full scale Quickies, and the Dragonfly. All of it is very complex and way above my head. My thinking was that if I used an airfoil that stalled at a low speed...STOP! It's the angle of attack that's important on a tandem. An airfoil that "stalled at a low speed"??? would be stalled most of the time.. I could avoid ever having either wing stall in flight. Models can survive much more abuse in terms of bad piloting than a man-carrier can afford to. Don't spend too much time building an "unstallable" airplane that is difficult to fly, and not fun at all! That may seem like a strange idea, but from the flight testing that I have done with the 8035 it looked like it should work. The estimated weight of this plane would be about 4.5lbs. This would give a relatively light wing loading. I'm building some small free flight models for testing, so I'll see what works and what does not.
Thanks again for the info, Ollie
Bill



