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  1. c p skeates

    are triple tandem wings the future ?

    tandem triple wings are realy stagger wing - cannard- bi planes with a tail .. Tandem triple wings are realy stagger wing - cannard- bi planes with a tail ..... in hangliding we found that we cant go over 130 degree nose angle because divergents will set in and some hangliders of the past...
  2. c p skeates

    Stall speed

    i dont think your illusion is valid because aircraft that dont have a high speed range will not solve your take off speed problem ..every hanglider pilot knows the worst thing is not being able to penetrate and only speed range gives you that ..you have a lower speed stalling aircraft with a...
  3. c p skeates

    homemade inflatable aircraft on mars ?

    homemade inflatable aircraft on mars ?..many back yard experimental builders are trying inflatable aircraft with the 'woopy' from switzerland so why wouldnt nasa get in on the act for mars and a robot pilot ..:emb:...homebuilders are often over looked in the invention department ..all too often...
  4. c p skeates

    Stall speed

    what good designers are looking for a high speed range between stall and top speed so if you double your stall speed you need 4 g's capability plus another 2 g's for safety margin = 6g's altogether ..but there is no light weight solution here to add strength means more weight so to have a...
  5. c p skeates

    Crosswind landing ability

    i do know the one you mean but i forget who builds it ..you can either let it caster or lock it so it stays straight ..but any way even a four wheel system has been tryed ..:para:
  6. c p skeates

    Crosswind landing ability

    steve witman tailwind and 'v' witt racing plane have a very low:cry: stability /rudder area to tail fin area but this is why i say speed comes into it as well .
  7. c p skeates

    CG range vs gross weight?

    cesnas have a bad spin problem ..when i did my licence in one i was told unafficialy that if i am a 1/2 an inch out of by ballance then it will not pull out of a spin 'period ' ..gulp ..:para:
  8. c p skeates

    Crosswind landing ability

    i find speed covers all aircraft in tail draggers meaning that there is a speed when you have control and you dont ..looking at the problem from a control point of veiw verses design .so if you taking off and you know it will swing then realy you shouldnt be in the pilot seat unless with an...
  9. c p skeates

    Hotorizontal tail structure, foam?

    it is possible to get delamination of foam if you stress it beyond its limits ..this happens to the rand kr .:tired:
  10. c p skeates

    Another spar attachment question

    the rand kr has an attatchent system which works fine and they have photos of a spar being bent to death to show how vital they are but ..because the aircraft is basicaly a wood stringer-stud method with ply sides and fibre glass wing surfaces over very fragile foam inserts it tends to over time...
  11. c p skeates

    Airplane design (help a newbie)

    ah .. im in australia but i havent herd what you have herd ..if in the states his name isnt as it should be well i suppose ..i herd about his freind dying on the original round the world flyght and the factory fire which i vagly heard was negligents but home built aircraft are always risky and...
  12. c p skeates

    are triple tandem wings the future ?

    triple tandem wings get past the 130 degree nose/swivel or spar angle rule with high technology materials .when there is a difference between the spar stifness and the wing surface stifness then the 130 degree nose/swivel or spar angle rule applies .bert rutans very ez ..has a spar not to...
  13. c p skeates

    Stability in a swept wing with no washout from the elevons alone.

    wow ..what a fabulous wing ..:shock:
  14. c p skeates

    Build Time per Pound

    buut ..shaving off is may all you can do unless some on:emb:e is ahead in design so you can well afford to do so ..it would be nice just to come up with the right formulae first time but then the fun goes out of it ..half the fun is finding out later ..quite often propellors are shaved down even...
  15. c p skeates

    Airplane design (help a newbie)

    i recon the twin boom 'v' tail is worth makeing a 1/6 model and flying it just to see how it goes ..:nervous:..rutan has been very successful with it
  16. c p skeates

    undercarriage after thoughts often the demise of a good design

    yep thats what happens but it was a nice idea to try novel any way .. even heavy grass stoped the ultralight taking off but when your experimenting with any thing your :gig: got ..reason is the first cassualty .. us experimenters get board if we stay norrrrrmal ...
  17. c p skeates

    Crosswind landing ability

    you know the irony is that what ever you pin point it all down too ,contradiction runs rife with tail draggers .. we use to run up and down the paddock with the wings off and just the tail feathers untill we had mastered the art of ground looping ,,hu hum ..i should say not mastered the art of...
  18. c p skeates

    natural pilot weight variation to motor type installment designs

    i totaly ag:devious:ree or we would all be saying our prayers
  19. c p skeates

    undercarriage after thoughts often the demise of a good design

    i used grass skis as a novel way of landing gear .:lick:
  20. c p skeates

    Hotorizontal tail structure, foam?

    i believe your going to succeed useing the net as a new tool , every one in the end seems to be opening up and letting on what they are doing ..i am stoked ..navier-stoked ..yukyuk a little joke there for the therorests :ban:
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