Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.101] (HELO ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 323386 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:36:27 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.101; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from ms-mss-03-ce0-1 ([10.10.5.86]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i6GDZQNr020497 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:35:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from southeast.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0Y00M6J5R2Q4@ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.10.1.24] (Forwarded-For: [143.209.73.14]) by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (mshttpd); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:35:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:35:26 -0400 From: echristley@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New Scoop To: Rotary motors in aircraft Reply-to: echristley@nc.rr.com Message-id: <22a1bc822a5a0d.22a5a0d22a1bc8@southeast.rr.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Gietzen Date: Friday, July 16, 2004 0:14 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New Scoop > > I really don't know yet how well it is going to work. Is that why > they call > these "experimental aircraft"? The only data point we have is Alan > Shaw'soil cooler installation, which apparently worked well even > though his > approach to the airflow was not as; let's say, "sophisticated" as > mine. > > > Al > > That far back on such a long airfoil, the flow will most likely be seperated anyway. You might find that the added air might extend the attachment. Might be bad if it moves the center of lift back to far back. Might be great if it substantially increases lift at high AoA so that your approach speed can drop way down (think of it as a bastardized slat). I doubt that you'd be able to get a reasonable answer to the question with anything short of a full model test.