hesham ACCESS: USAP Senior Member Joined 26 May 2006 Messages 34,692 Reaction score 15,527 25 July 2011 #1 Hi, http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2011/04/20/single-spar-slotted-wings-next/ Attachments xlg_single_spar_wings.jpg 63.2 KB · Views: 253
Avimimus ACCESS: Top Secret Joined 15 December 2007 Messages 2,397 Reaction score 856 11 September 2011 #2 So, what is wrong with this idea? It looks like one of the saner ones... one would think that it'd work reasonably well...? Is it just that the airfoils would interfere with each other - so that for the added weight it is just as easy to use larger conventional flaps?
So, what is wrong with this idea? It looks like one of the saner ones... one would think that it'd work reasonably well...? Is it just that the airfoils would interfere with each other - so that for the added weight it is just as easy to use larger conventional flaps?
Stargazer ACCESS: USAP Top Contributor Senior Member Joined 25 June 2009 Messages 14,670 Reaction score 5,852 12 September 2011 #3 I'd really love to know who the "well known" British engineer behind the design might have been... It looks like a perfectly feasible design to me and my (very limited) knowledge of aerodynamics.
I'd really love to know who the "well known" British engineer behind the design might have been... It looks like a perfectly feasible design to me and my (very limited) knowledge of aerodynamics.