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Old 11-28-2011, 07:23 PM   #13 (permalink)
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25-degrees

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Originally Posted by bdubnelson View Post
I made some alterations this weekend and lowered the middle of the cap. The angles are a little better staying in the teens along the back and hitting 20deg about 2ft from the tail. Over the last foot its about 25deg slope. I'm seeing more turbulence now than before though. I'm considering making some airtabs to help the air diffuse at the tail to lessen wake and turbulence. Anyone else try this?
According to the Big-Dogs,we're not supposed to exceed 22-degrees slope or we're inviting separation and higher drag.VGs would probably help,but you could totally remove the separation with the more gentle slope.
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