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From: John Godwin <johng@...>
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Bug airfoil
I'm not sure how nominal airfoil sections affect flying for these small planes. In any case the section will be accurate at the ribs only, the covering sags between them. Even then you'd need to use laser cutting to get anywhere near the proper section. I suspect that there are three things only that you should worry about: thickness, camber and the chord-wise point of the max camber. Thus it might be worth trying a thinner, less cambered foil. John At 01:32 AM 3/6/2011, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I was thinking about building a bug with an Epler 205 airfoil. I >have used this airfoil on several 100" and 2 meter gliders through >the years. Any thoughts on how this might compare to the original >airfoil used on the Bug? > >Paul LaChance >Virginia Beach, VA > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Home Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BugHLG/ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > John Godwin <http://jomacblog.blogspot.com/>http://jomacblog.blogspot.com/