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From: Wendell Voto

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

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

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

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