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Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/29/2010, 1:52 pm
In Response To: A blinding flash of the obvious (Reg Lake)

: I accept this and wings need to be centrally located.

: Like Don Goss said, "I don't know why any of the manufacturers
: don't capitalize on these performance characteristics."

: Best,

: Reg

Well, "wings need to be centrally located" not really. A conventional airplane's tail is also a wing (airfoil) and it's at the extreme aft end of the plane. A canard aircraft has the main wing all the way aft and the canard (forward tail) at the extreme bow. Wings are wings because of how they act, not because of where they are positioned.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: position of skeg box
Phelps -- 4/28/2010, 8:53 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Don Goss -- 4/28/2010, 9:21 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Mike Bielski -- 4/30/2010, 11:40 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Don Goss -- 4/30/2010, 1:23 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 4/30/2010, 5:15 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Phelps -- 5/1/2010, 10:31 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Phelps -- 5/4/2010, 11:14 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2010, 6:08 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Phelps -- 4/29/2010, 11:09 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Don Goss -- 4/29/2010, 12:24 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Johne -- 4/28/2010, 1:13 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Reg Lake -- 4/28/2010, 3:00 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 12:24 am
A blinding flash of the obvious
Reg Lake -- 4/29/2010, 11:11 am
Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 1:52 pm
Really?
Reg Lake -- 4/29/2010, 2:47 pm
Re: Really?
Mike Savage -- 4/30/2010, 6:15 am
Re: Really?
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 7:18 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Reg Lake -- 4/28/2010, 10:23 am
Re: Other: position of skeg box
Phelps -- 4/28/2010, 7:13 pm
Re: Other: position of skeg box *PIC*
Reg Lake -- 4/28/2010, 9:50 pm