deturbulated std cirrus flies against Diana 1

Jonas,

Your comments are on target. Dr. Sinha has only recently yielded to
pressure for full disclosure. A poignant moment was in 2007 when Dick
Johnson presented his report at the SSA Convention and leaned on Sinha to
let him tell about the leading edge tapes. Now he is now holding back
nothing fundamental to what he is doing.

We just submitted an abstract to the AIAA that tells everything in the
clearest language yet. Esteemed aerodynamicists will criticize it, as
they have in the past, for lack of rigorous methodology and definitive
information about the flow-surface interaction, as well as overall wing
aerodynamics. But my view is that facts are facts. Facts do not have to
be blessed by an eminent scientist to be real. Data speaks for itself to
those who listen. The same goes for the quality of the data. Look at my
data (e.g.,
http://sinhatech.com/SinhaFCSD-Progr...ls.asp#article) and
you will find plenty of evidence that this phenomenon cannot be written
off to convection in the air, etc.

I agree with you, let the academic community do the fundamental work that
Sinha and I are not doing. Much needs to be done, it will take many years
and I expect it will branch out into other related methods. I have every
confidence that this will indeed happen, when the academic community is
convinced that there really is something here. Meanwhile, my aim
continues to be to amass so much data that the sheer weight of it will
become undeniable.

Jim Hendrix


At 14:37 16 June 2008, Jonas Eberle wrote:
So the patenting is going on?
I hope that after securring the idea by a patent, Mr Sinha will be
more open to the aerodynamically interested.

I do not want to be harsh, but so far it sounds more like a marketing
issue to me. The mystic and uncertainity is only hurting the impatient
glider pilots, not Mr Sinhas interests.

If there is a phenomenon (and I believe you there is), there should be
no problem in investigating it: Find professors of aerodynamics to
tell their students about it, get some thesis`s about it written.
Encourage pilots to try it on their planes. Have the OSTIV be informed
(next meeting is during the WGC in L=FCsse). Invite fly&study groups
like the German Akafliegs to try it hands-on. I hope all this will go
on when Mr Sinhas interestes are securred.

This is not about manpower. It is about deciding between money and
pioneering a new phenomenon.