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Corky and Carl,
Yes, I'm aware of the T-craft and the cub. Like I said, for now, I'm concentrated on and exploring the c150 only. With the discussion so far, I already learned something. Although, I still could not find someone who really knows about slats. The problem with VG is that, it does not increase the Cl at the same angle. It might increase a little bit of the critical AOA though. Jizhong On Tue, 25 May 2004 09:24:34 -0500, Carl Ellis wrote: If you want to go cheap and experimental, get yourself a cheap basket case Taylocraft BC-12, do a rebuild converting it to a Model 19, then put in a C-90 or O-200. Give that engine high compression pistons, do some porting, polishing and exhaust work and you're good to go. Some vortex generators will lower your stall speed about 8mph to about 35mph. You'll have an airplane that has around a 600 lbs load capacity and climbs like scalded ape. Put in patrol doors, a skylight, and no headliner and you'll take care of some of the space issue. Of course you'll need to deal with the certificated to experimental issue but if you start early enough with the FSDO and work in enough rebuild and/or modifications you should qualify for the 51% requirement. It's not the project you described but it will give you the performance you want in the same size airplane. - Carl - |
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"Two months in the lab will save you three days in the library -
every time". Check back issues of Sport Aviation. They published an article about just such a project. I don't remember all the details off hand, but seems like it was done by a preacher fellow up north (north of Dallas?) Extensive use of turbulators on the wing and tail and a fancy "flow thru" wing tip. Maybe did some changes to the flaps and ailerons too? Asking about something on the internet is NOT research... But sometimes it can help. Richard Lamb |
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Richard,
You're right that you can not do research by searching the web. Could you be a little bit more specific about the Sport Aviation article? Year and page? Jizhong On Wed, 26 May 2004 15:26:49 GMT, Richard Lamb wrote: "Two months in the lab will save you three days in the library - every time". Check back issues of Sport Aviation. They published an article about just such a project. I don't remember all the details off hand, but seems like it was done by a preacher fellow up north (north of Dallas?) Extensive use of turbulators on the wing and tail and a fancy "flow thru" wing tip. Maybe did some changes to the flaps and ailerons too? Asking about something on the internet is NOT research... But sometimes it can help. Richard Lamb |
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