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JJ Sinclair wrote:
One thing I haven't seen in this discussion is the fact that the Duo's spoilers are not located right behind the spar. They are located quite a bit farther aft and thus produce mostly drag and not as much spoiled lift. I liken them to the H-301 Libelle spoilers that produced mostly dray and therefore had to be opened earlier and left out longer to get the same result as, say the H-201 Libelle which had true spoilers located at the high point of the airfoil. My opinion is the opposite, Duo spoilers likely do an adequate of spoiling lift, what they don't do is produce much drag. By comparison, the trailing edge dive brakes on my Ventus caused an increase in lift through much (if not all) of their travel, while they were producing a tremendous amount of drag. I found it a lot easier to make steep short landings in the Ventus than in the Duo... Marc |
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