On Mar 10, 10:24*am, sisu1a wrote:
Has anyone ever put winglets on a 2-33? *or any other Schweitzer?
When I read the subject I burst out laughing.

I think tip losses on any Schweitzer are so far down
in the noise you'd never see the change. :-)
* * ...lew...

Hmmm, while laughable on a 2-33 or *most* any SGS using essentially a
Clark-Y airfoil, *the 1-35, prolly even the 2-32, and perhaps even the
1-34 and 1-36 would benefit as much as any other ship (% wise) from
properly designed tip treatments. Look at all the big dumb ugly normal
aircraft that get them, there must be _some gains...

I do remember seeing a pic a few years back of some cardboard mock-ups
of winglets on a 2-33 done as a joke... which was rather amusing. Of
course you can always just 'shop them in- they'd be just as effective!

-Paul

I remember seeing those on the club 1-34 at a regional contest
years ago. A couple of Harris Hill juniors taped them on as a joke
(this is when Monty and Heinz were fitting real winglets on every 20
around) to psych out the competition. Charlie Spratt was Not Amused.
They did win the day in sports class though.

-- Matt