Gilles,
I have taken on the challenge and will be building and experimenting
with a new cowl. Don't expect overnight results, though, as this will
probably be a lengthly process. I'll post results as they occur,
probably on my build site.
Jeff - Baby Blue
396 hrs
Gilles Thesee wrote:
> <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
>
> Fred Klein a crit :
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> While trial fitting the wings and setting the angle of incidence, I
>> took some time to mock up an enhancement of the fairing in hopes of
>> reducing interference drag. The gist is to start w/ the radius of the
>> standard fairing just forward of the spar and extend the tangent point
>> aft along the fuselage waterline until abeam of the flap trailing edge.
>>
>> Might this be: Much ado about nothing?...a promising
>> development?...beyond the pale?
>
> Fred,
>
> Nice pictures and mockup.
> Reducing interference drag is always worth some thought. Some in flight
> data, such as tuft tests prior to any modification might prove valuable.
> Also, if drag is in consideration, cooling drag is an area where the
> Europa could really benefit.
>
> Best regards,
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