He has tried several approaches to this problem but certainly a foil shape is "better" than a round section at 90 deg. to the flow.
Landing gear on light planes have always been a design problem.... weight, drag, but in that market cost rules! JIB
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From: "taladorwood@yahoo.com.au [harryproa]"
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From: "taladorwood@yahoo.com.au [harryproa]"
Wright - "Talador, You are shooting from the hip. Study all of his boats and read how and why the flex shaft drive works, then comment with that information and you will get a cogent response."
Hmm, I wasn't commenting on how his flex shaft worked. I have a couple of drills that work on that principle.
I was commenting on the fact that he was sticking a round tube into the water stream and round tubes have a lot of drag. I was also commenting on the metal bar on the side of his boat that supported the prop and that it also creates a lot of drag.
If he ran the same prop and shaft through the bottom of the hull, he would dramatically reduce the drag on both. Simply by eliminating the surface interference and the angle of the shaft to the prop through the water.
I increased the speed of my airplane by 15 knots simply by fairing the round landing gear legs.
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