-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Parkin
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Additional thoughts on wing root fairings
--> <Mikenjulie.Parkin@btopenworld.com>
Fred,
I am not convinced that the performance could be significantly improved
with a change of wing fillet.
Having just returned from the EAS Fly-in in Switzerland, travelling
along at 130 knots IAS on 18 lts/hr and leaving most spamcans behind in
the French dust I am not sure the effort would be worth the final
result.
The phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" springs to mind.
regards,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred R. Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Additional thoughts on wing root fairings
<fklein@orcasonline.com>
>
> Still, I can't help but believe that cruise speed and fuel economy
> could
be
> significantly enhanced with the proper aerodynamic transition between
> fuselage and wing. So I'm thinking about a really big
> fairing/fillet...I want to see that trailing edge of the wing sweep
> aft along the fuselage in
a
> quarter of an elipse with a half-major axis of say 30 inches and a
> half-minor axis of say 24 inches, with a generous curvature between
fuselage and wing.
> Hopefully,
>
> Fred Klein, A-194
>
>
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