RE: Re: ARC radius airfoils question....long

From: <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: 30 Oct 2013 11:31:11 -0700

I plan to use a 3.5% airfoil for the F1D WC at Slanic. What does everyone think?
 

---In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, <indoor_construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 In the old days many plans had high camber for low ceiling and low
 camber was high ceiling. The reasoning used was more camber made them
 climb slower and less climbed easier. My aero engineering teacher in
 college use to fly indoor free flight as well as a kid and he once said
 to me all they were doing back then was adding drag to slow the climb
 down for low ceiling. I also use the same airfoils on my high and low
 ceiling models, I just use other factors to control height climbed.
 
 Don

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