Mike,
I've heard several mentions of that site in the past, but have never been on it. I must have spent six or seven hours last night and bookmarked a dozen references.
Thanks,
Dennis
From: Michael Gehl <mike@vail.net>
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 5:14:41 PM
Subject: Re: [harryproa] Wing Sections...
Dennis, you might also want to dig around Multihull Anarchy in the "Wing Study Plans" thread, or dredge up any posts by Tom Speer, Steve Clark or blunted on the site. Lotta C Class and AC experience there...
Mike
On May 17, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Rick Willoughby wrote:
DennisThe 16 series is hard to better.You can dial in almost anything using the modified 4 digit series.I expect you will find a cambered section does quite a bit better but then I have not compared the boat polars with the different sections; just the basic wing paramaters.Rick
On 18/05/2011, at 5:37 AM, Dennis Cox wrote:
Rick,Concerning the foil section of the wing for your recent design study. In your general thoroughness, I imagine you compared to more conventional, symmetric foils to get a base line. I'm wanting to start looking at some trade studies for a wing for MLM.&nb sp; I've brushed off some old my old composite and mechanics of materials spreadsheets and started getting re-familiar with JavaFoil. I am wondering if you have any suggestions and thoughts for foil shapes besides the basic NACA 0012?And if you have any opinions concerning the added complexity of a flap per...http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/multihulls/bmw-oracle-wing-33493.html#post378391... versus its benefits, I sure would dissect every word you put to electrons.Thanks,Dennis
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