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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
Re is length times speed, so the calculation is pretty simple to compensate for reduced size. Since the model does not have as much time to mess with the air, it has to try harder.
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Thanks, Bob. When Orville and Wilbur developed the aerodynamics of flight they used winglets an order of magnitude smaller. Did their wind tunnel generate an order of magnitude more speed to compensate, or was Re matching not necessary between scale models and real world?