REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
gpoole
gpoole at zeta.org.au
Tue Aug 14 00:54:11 CDT 2007
Surely here has to be a "break even" between adding extra airframe profile
to the relative airflow vs reducing intersection drag.....do we have any
aerodynamicists in our midst?
Greg in Sydney
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of lawrence epstein
Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 10:41 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
I was talking about the fuselage-strake intersection (i said fuselage-wing
in error).
It might be interesting if we could make a removable fillet and take
measurements on an already flying velocity.
What you are describing below is really a "blended wing" such as can be
found on Alan Shaw's "Atlantica". Blended wings have very low drag
coefficients.
Larry E.
>From: Hiroo Umeno <humeno at microsoft.com>
>Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:06:14 -0700
>
>Very interesting... How much difference does eliminating these
>intersections make in reducing drag?
>
>Taking it even further, how about fuselage-strake intersections? Would
>flattening that out have any effect in reducing drag? Think of much
>thicker, continuously curved baggage area (perhaps slanted, curved side
>rear windows)? It would almost seem one could imagine an airframe where
>the roof and floor line transitions into wing-root without any sharp turns.
> That would also increase the interior volume as well, right?
>
>Or do such modification count against you since it reduces the effective
>"wing-shaped" strake area by extending the fuselage area out-ward?
>
>(Maybe I am inhaling too much "experimental" gas)...
>
>Hiroo
>
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of Tony Babb
>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:14 PM
>To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
>
>Has anyone done similar with the canard/doghouse and fuselage intersection?
>I have a removable doghouse and am pondering how to create a fillet and
>round out the angle without having a sharp edge- or is a rounded edge
>better than nothing?
>
>Tony
>SEFG
>62% done, 78% to go
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of Douglas Holub
>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:57 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
>I don't. I'm trying to eliminate all 90 degree intersections. Here's a
>picture of my upper and lower wing-winglet intersections. I used pour foam
>to build up the area, then shaped it with sandpaper glued to a 6" PVC pipe,
>then covered it with two plies of bid.
>
>Doug Holub
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lawrence J. Epstein, MD<mailto:ljepstein at hotmail.com>
>To: reflector at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:16 PM
>Subject: REFLECTOR: FW: Wing root fairings
>
>
>Does anyone see any downside to fairing/filling the bottom wing-fuselage
>joint in an effort to reduce drag?
>
>Larry Epstein
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