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Re: Tupolev TU 104 Passenger plane
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lugnet.town
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Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:32:00 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Bob Parker wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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This is a great looking rendition - you have captured the feel of it nicely
imho! I believe the real world plane has a noticable dihedral for the main
wings which I imagine might be a tad hard to show here (or is it just the
limitation of this view?).
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Thanks. Do you mean the teardrop cross-section (my first plane and I have no
idea of the terminology)? I tried to capture it a bit but with the limited
range of wing parts available I didn’t get it quite as much as I would like.
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Actually I was referring to what could be called the “wing droop” as shown in
this photo:
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Wow. That plane certainly needs some Viagra(tm)... I didn’t realise they drooped
so much. Might be time for a version 2 I think (ps. replied to your other post
at jlug).
Tim
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| (...) That is a big droop! I thought dihedral was upwards toward the tips, or does it cover both up and down? The Sopwith Camel was always described as having a noticable dihedral on its lower wings combined witha flat upper wing to give it a (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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