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Re: Airplane wing
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:55:37 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Øyvind Steinnes writes:
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> Ah! Now it comes to my mind. I've hear about him yes.
> Was he the first man that got flight?
I think he was one of the first gliders:)
> Wright brothers was the first powered flight.
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> > And I misspelled the mess out of his name!
> And thats why I couldn't find anything on the web about him :)
let's not go into the incompetnce of my spelling:)!
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> > You're on the right track! The only thingthat comes to mind right now is • to
> > use flex tubing where possible to substitute for technic axles. That would
> > reduce weight and in some cases help define an airfoil shape.
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> Well, the flex tubes has no effect at all. They are not stiff enough to make
> the wing more stiff. But the site about Otto Lilienthal got me thinking that
> I do not need to clad (use plastic film) the bottom half of the wing. Just
> have a layer on top. Maybe it will get better lift that way?
> But it will be harder to make the plastic film stick to the frame....
A layer on top would be best...you want a curved cross-section to allow
lift, so the top section would be best. And you'll lighten the weight too.
As for the flex tube, what you could do is have a technic axle on the bottom
of a spar, then mount a slightly longer flex tube segment on the top
side...it's going to naturally curve.
You can use 1x1 clip plates to attach the plastic, or even tape!
Joe Meno
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| "Joe Meno" <jmenomeno@aol.com> wrote in message news:HD8ttJ.1r71@lugnet.com... (...) Was he the first man that got flight? Wright brothers was the first powered flight. (...) And thats why I couldn't find anything on the web about him :) (...) to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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