From: "Laurie" <lwjcarroll@...>
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Bug airfoil
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Bug airfoil
Hi Pail,
You may want to check out a wing design programme called Profili2...as it has a tab in which you can work out reynolds numbers based on wing chord and airspeed/altitude..it helped me understand this alot better than I did...Rgds...Laurie
--- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, Tim Schuh <tim@...> wrote:
>
> On 3/5/2011 8:44 PM, Paul LaChance wrote:
> > Thanks Marvin,
> >
> > I actually do not have the plans, so I am going to scratch build a glider very similar to the Bug. I will probably keep all the dimensions the same but just build it with a mix of the original techniques and my own.
> >
> > Paul
>
>
> You'll want to keep the Reynolds number in mind while designing your
> wing. The planform makes a difference in which airfoil will work best
> since the chord one of many variables used to calculate the Re.
>