The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Home Base
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Home Base A starting point, and place for threads don't seem to belong anywhere else

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-09-2006, 12:51 PM   #1
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
wow, maggie. here's more

why aren't these designs being applied to other aircraft?
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 02:14 PM   #2
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
Posts: 4,060
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim
why aren't these designs being applied to other aircraft?
Well...it looks gooofy, and aviators can be surprisingly conservative. The engineering of it is tricky...I suspect the wing shape has a weight penalty. And once you're airborne there's usually plenty of lift available, as long as you're willing to trade it for induced drag.

It's a rockin' performer on takeoff, but I bet the efficiency blows dead goats in cruise. Nonetheless, Custer apparently sued Fairchild claiming the A-10 Warthog violated his patent.

By the way, The MidAtlantic Air Museum at the Reading Airport has a Channelwing...not currently flyable.
__________________
"Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

MaggieL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 02:17 PM   #3
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
Quote:
Originally Posted by MaggieL
..not currently flyable.
... as it was mistakenly parked on a treadmill.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 02:25 PM   #4
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
Posts: 4,060
Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff
... as it was mistakenly parked on a treadmill.
Nah, it was just left out in the weather for like forever.
__________________
"Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

MaggieL is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:19 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.