X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.166] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 613547 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:17:46 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.133.182.166; envelope-from=canarder@frontiernet.net Received: from filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.76]) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBDC43582BF for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.166]) by filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.76]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17184-07-4 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (67-137-69-194.dsl2.cok.tn.frontiernet.net [67.137.69.194]) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C223582CA for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <42E3DB10.5090609@frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:16:48 -0500 From: Jim Sower User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Lyc debugging / Strange Aerodynamics References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010107000106030709030801" X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0529-2, 07/21/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010107000106030709030801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ernest Christley wrote: > Tracy Crook wrote: > > I was reading and article (I think it was Kelly that sent it to me) > about using vertical wingtips to direct the air away from the > airplane...effectively increasing the wings aspect ratio. You've been > remiss in not providing us any pictures of your modifications, but if > you're doing what I think you're doing, you'll be getting some of the > same benefits...converting lateral flow to a higher aspect ratio vs. > creating little swirlies in the air. > GREAT GAWD AMIGHTY!!! HE'S BUILDING A RUTAN AIRPLANE !!! --------------010107000106030709030801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ernest Christley wrote:

Tracy Crook wrote:

I was reading and article (I think it was Kelly that sent it to me) about using vertical wingtips to direct the air away from the airplane...effectively increasing the wings aspect ratio. You've been remiss in not providing us any pictures of your modifications, but if you're doing what I think you're doing, you'll be getting some of the same benefits...converting lateral flow to a higher aspect ratio vs. creating little swirlies in the air.

GREAT GAWD AMIGHTY!!! HE'S BUILDING A RUTAN AIRPLANE !!!
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