Fred,
I.m told that the VG's can ruduce the stall speeds by as much as 12 mph,
aircraft dependable of course.
I'm thinking seriously of giving it a try.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Votex Generators
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> On Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 02:41 PM, Graham Singleton wrote:
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>> VGs were applied to the wing and canard of a Long EZ, which has laminar
>> sections on both, to reduce stall speed, the VGs re energise the laminar
>> boundary layer and help to prevent separation after the max thickness
>> point of the section. Stall was reduced by 7 kts.
>> Graham
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> So here's a question...
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> Is it conceivable that adding VGs to the Europa could reduce the stall
> speed sufficiently to meet the LSA requirements?
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