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  1. mcrae0104

    Riblett on Twist

    In Riblett's GA Airfoils section "Design Notes for Tapered Wings," he asserts that NACA's conclusion that tapered wings stall at the tip first is invalid. The reason he gives is that not only the planform of the test specimens was tapered; the section thickness was tapered from root to tip. He...
  2. Arfang

    Low AR lifting fuselage twist anomaly

    Since my last thread on lifting bodies I started thinking about a Horton Wingless-like configuration, like the one on the right in the drawing below: Simple construction, made to fly and not to fall in a controlled manner, true-airfoil shaped fuselage, no vortex lift. However, there is...
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