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Norman replied to the thread Flying wing as cheap and simple option for basic fun flying..How many people has it killed? -
Norman replied to the thread Facet Opel.Well actually it's a common characteristic of planks. The elevator of a plank is NOT like an elevator on a stabilizer. When you pull...
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Norman replied to the thread Facet Opel.This isn't flutter but is a problem unique to planks that modelers see often. They call it "hyperstall", apparently in the belief that...
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Norman replied to the thread RC prop Help a first time builder.JavaProp may be of use to you.
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Norman replied to the thread Flexible strip hot wire cutting guide.Yeah, aluminum roof flashing makes great templates in any length you need.
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^Yep, that. Use your flexible fiberglass rod to mark a consistent curve onto some sort of stiff sheet that you’ll cut out and pin on as...
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Norman replied to the thread Flexible strip hot wire cutting guide.What you're describing is basically what we called a spline back in the days of hand drafting. It'll probably work but you'll need a...
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Norman reacted to Victor Bravo's post in the thread Hoverbike debuts at Detroit Auto Show. Let the Stupidity loose with
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All this recent hoverbike stuff is incredible because they figured out how to do the personal VTOL mission using something that is... -
Several issues may become really significant. When we make a solid bigger its dimensions go up with the first power of the scale, the...
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Norman replied to the thread Paul Moller’s 50-year dream to build a flying car won’t die!.and every drop of water you've ever drank was once dinosaur pee
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Norman reacted to crusty old aviator's post in the thread Paul Moller’s 50-year dream to build a flying car won’t die! with Like.
You can't teach an old grifter new tricks...
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Did it climb better?
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Norman reacted to Vigilant1's post in the thread Does the Kammback have a place in aviation? with Like.
Here's a CFD video that the company provides to justify the rear wing. I didn't get any audio. And I don't know if anything in the...
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Norman reacted to mcrae0104's post in the thread Does the Kammback have a place in aviation? with Like.
No. (Aside from truncated airfoil shapes) Aerodynamic afterbodies are not practical for cars, and bluff (truncated) afterbodies are not...
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Norman replied to the thread Does the Kammback have a place in aviation?.The width of the truncated trailing edge should be less than 2% of the chord length. How much less depends on the airfoil thickness to...
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