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  • Founded: Jan 5, 2003
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9316 Airchairgroup@yahoogr... Send Email Sep 1, 2008
9:15 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Airchairgroup group. File :...
9317 Airchairgroup@yahoogr... Send Email Sep 1, 2008
9:16 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Airchairgroup group. File :...
9318 Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007 Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
2:06 pm
I'm always looking at airfoils from the knucklehead-newbie perspective, and I don't know who to trust anymore... :-) I was looking at the Durand 24 in files...
9319 Jim Foreman
bajajim_99 Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
2:28 pm
... From: "Garry Warber" <bgwarber@...> Subject: [Airchairgroup] Just how fine a hair is being split here? ... In a day when so much is know about "good"...
9320 Scott Perkins
scottperkinsusa Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
2:46 pm
Trust yourself after you gain some confidence in your abilities. Not that you have mastered the fifty-three website links on aerodynamics that I pointed you to...
9321 red
redatxmission Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
3:04 pm
Garry, Actually, it's really worse than you think... :-) At the low airspeeds we fly with, a lot of aeronautics textbooks get totally silent, and...
9322 Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007 Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
7:45 pm
... aerodynamics ... expense ... on my own? Nooo000! I'm just curious what the fat-arse difference is that's being worried over for every non-competition...
9323 Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007 Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
7:46 pm
... perspective, ... I ... they ... Fer ... just ... why on ... (RAF-15) on ... the ... wind ... of the ... know" though. You just made my point, sorta......
9324 joshua smith
jssdiver Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
9:24 pm
i reall y have to go with him on this one.....we are not fighter pilots...our planes are slow, stable and not at all concerned with 40:1 sink ratios....we want...
9326 Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007 Send Email
Sep 1, 2008
10:37 pm
... saying this flies like this, and that one flies like that, is one the best and the other sucks? I tell ya, if I were dictator of the world, there would be...
9327 jamesofalltrades2
jamesofalltr... Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
4:11 am
There's a lot of information on foils out there in the model realm, and if the model realm has any bearing on our world...a flat bottomed foil, with nicely...
9328 joshua smith
jssdiver Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
6:23 am
.......all things being equal.., if you took a 5' cord, flat bottom, 13% height @ 30 % chord............., what would be the drop/gain in changing to a...
9329 joshua smith
jssdiver Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
6:24 am
Actually , james, that is probably the simplst explanation i have ever heard concerning the range of aerodynamics, drag, lift, pitch , penetration and speed/to...
9330 Brian N
easypepsi Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
7:18 am
Joshua Seems like your looking for the same things I am. Flying motorcycle with thermaling possible. Keep up the good work and good luck...
9331 joshua smith
jssdiver Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
1:21 pm
WHO ISN'T!!!!!!!!!????? Thanks, though ...preciate the "atta boy" ... From: Brian N <easypepsi@...> Subject: [Airchairgroup] Re: Just how fine a hair is...
9332 chas11nz Send Email Sep 2, 2008
1:27 pm
... <jamesofalltrades2@...> wrote: Interesting that with all the new sections one still goes back to looking at Clark y etc. The old slingsby sections flew...
9333 Kent Hugus
huguskent Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
3:08 pm
What with the talk of using the latest materials to reduce parasite drag and get performance over and above currently available craft, may I again point out...
9334 Scott Perkins
scottperkinsusa Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
3:13 pm
Since you brought it up. doesnt Atos have a two passenger model ? How much does that wing weigh and then the whole craft ? I would think the strength for the...
9335 Percy
pwood2128h Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
3:25 pm
... I'd be most interested in who's using the 43013 now, Chas. It is on my "ride of choice," and I'm curious. What's your "new plane?" Percy in NM, USA...
9336 Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007 Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
6:17 pm
... yakkers? ... I have every Swift video I could find on youtube in my realplayer! That's where I go for some serious dream-time... It is an extremely cool...
9337 Mark Knight
iwant2soar Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
6:18 pm
... From: Scott Perkins To: Footlaunchablesailplane@yahoogroups.com ; Airchairgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:07 AM Subject:...
9338 chas11nz Send Email Sep 2, 2008
9:24 pm
... I am an old glider pilot from way back. Flew the early english and german gliders. Also flew glass and the blanik. Most was off the wire and did a lot of...
9339 poudecile Send Email Sep 2, 2008
10:13 pm
Hey,it looks like Heart changed his photos. The glider pictured still has single strut bracing but it looks like it has an aluminum tube leading edge not...
9340 Lincoln Ross
rnlocnil Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
11:24 pm
Well, first off you shouldn't go by what they say on an RC GLIDER site. Reynolds numbers for RC gliders are MUCH lower than for airchairs. Maybe 1/8th. So an...
9341 Lincoln Ross
rnlocnil Send Email
Sep 2, 2008
11:41 pm
Just ran some guesstimate numbers on that L/D. Rather optimistic, I'd say. But I suppose that's traditional. And if I'm not mistaken it would occur at a lower...
9342 Percy
pwood2128h Send Email
Sep 3, 2008
12:17 am
... Thank you for the reply, Chas. In my references, the Ercoupe and one other plane were the only ones to use the 43013. The `coupe originally flew on 65...
9343 David Lynch
jjake1957 Send Email
Sep 3, 2008
1:25 am
I looked at the website. I am glad to see that he is using his own photos instead of mine. The aircraft does look very nice and proffessionally built. I hope...
9344 Mark
markastory Send Email
Sep 3, 2008
1:50 am
... Airchairgroup@yahoogroups.com ... Greenhouse covering, Tedlars, Mylars, etc. ... Scott, Where can I get one of those? Gottahaveitidus just hit me bad. LOL....
9345 Jim Foreman
bajajim_99 Send Email
Sep 3, 2008
2:10 am
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/107432/flying_motorcycle/...
9346 chas11nz Send Email Sep 3, 2008
2:38 am
... Have a look at the wee typsy nipper. Its very light and the wing may be ideal as a basis for an airchair. Chas....
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