Nice looking layout, Fred. Now, if you'd stop mucking around with all
those extras, you'd be flying... :)
Jeff - Baby Blue
396 hrs
Fred Klein wrote:
> Gentlemen,
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> While trial fitting the wings and setting the angle of incidence, I took
> some time to mock up an enhancement of the fairing in hopes of reducing
> interference drag. The gist is to start w/ the radius of the standard
> fairing just forward of the spar and extend the tangent point aft along
> the fuselage waterline until abeam of the flap trailing edge.
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> My intention is to cut the supplied fairing just forward of the spar and
> increase the radius aft as shown in the pixs. I plan to have a lapped
> joint at the trailing edge of the wing (not the flap) and secure the new
> fairing aft of the wing to the fuselage, overlapping the flap; the
> fairing forward of the trailing edge of the wing would be glassed to the
> wing in the normal manner.
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> I anticipate placing the rear pip pin w/ the use of a modified set of
> needle-nosed pliers thru the standard hole.
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> I have not resolved the issue of trailering as the projection from the
> fuselage will create a conflict when the wings are stored alongside,
> though I am hopeful that the spar carriers on the trailer can be
> relocated to provide clearance and still stay within the overall width
> limitation (8 feet) for highway travel.
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> Might this be: Much ado about nothing?...a promising
> development?...beyond the pale?
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> Thoughtful comments would be appreciated...especially from anyone
> qualified to opine about the aerodynamics of such an installation.
>
> thanks, Fred
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