X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.193] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTPS id 2641537 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:58:38 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.193; envelope-from=lendich@optusnet.com.au Received: from george (d220-236-79-144.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.236.79.144]) by mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m0BNvlEw002936 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:57:49 +1100 Message-ID: <005501c854ad$c65e66d0$904fecdc@george> From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Off Topic-RA5C Vigilante question Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:57:47 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0052_01C85501.96A73D50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0657-0, 12/12/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C85501.96A73D50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable oops - didn't see the photo, but they look like air brakes! George ( down under) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wendell Voto=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:37 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off Topic-RA5C Vigilante question ----- I think that was for slow flight, there was a production = aircraft the had a slot through the wing but was always open and i heard = that you did not want to close it off, the plane became almost = uncontrolable at low speed. FWIW Wendell=20 Last year I was on the aircraft carrier Midway at San Diego and at = the tail they had an old North American RA5C. As I checked it out a = discovered that it had a slot in both wings just inboard from the wing = fold that allowed air to move from the top of the wing to the = bottom...presumably in a landing configuration. Does anyone by chance = know why it was needed or when used? Thanks. dl -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new = year.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1211 - Release Date: = 6/01/2008 11:57 AM ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C85501.96A73D50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
oops - didn't see the photo, but they look like air brakes!
George ( down under)
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Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 = 11:37=20 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off = Topic-RA5C=20 Vigilante question

 
----- I think that=20 was for slow flight, there was a production aircraft the had a slot = through=20 the wing but was always open and i heard that you did not want to = close it=20 off, the plane became almost uncontrolable at low speed.=20 FWIW
Wendell=20

Last year I was on the aircraft carrier Midway at San Diego and = at the=20 tail they had an old North American RA5C.  As I checked it out = a=20 discovered that it had a slot in both wings just inboard from the = wing fold=20 that allowed air to move from the top of the wing to the = bottom...presumably=20 in a landing configuration.  Does anyone by chance know why it = was=20 needed or when used?
 
Thanks.
 
dl



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