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Originally Posted by aerohead
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If you're forced into an emergency short field landing and must slip the plane to burn speed @ full flaps, VGs can help maintain aileron, rudder, and elevator authority, especially in crosswind or gusts.
At that point it's not about Reynolds number ( you've got that covered ), but tricking the flow into remaining attached when it would otherwise be separating along a contour of too radical a rising pressure gradient.
freebeard's Coanda-nozzles would be a big help just about then.  |
Only on Cessna brands of spamcans. No such requirement on other brands.
In the pacer, I practiced being at pattern altitude over the numbers and making my flair at midfield for a 2500ft runway by looking forward out the passenger window in a monster side slip