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Old 07-30-2013, 02:52 PM   #23 (permalink)
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FoilSim is a simulation. It is not reality.
FoilSim is an educational computer program. It is not a design program.
Danger, Will Robinson! That's a 2D sim of free air movement, not 3D in turbulent ground conditions.

CFD and wind tunnels are both resource intensive.

The vetter example is good. The next step is to have the front slide forward for ingress/egress/putting your foot down. The example used to be on the Ecomodder home page.

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But no one has ever had a chance to get in a wind tunnel yet to test whether it is really necessary to use the full tail or if a Kamm will get most of the benefit.
Start here.




Or, the one you posted in #9.

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