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Re: [wingboats] Re: Thin or Thick airfoils?

On Jul 31, 2008, at 5:12 AM, Williams, Deane G HS wrote:

> ...Do you think the often quoted max lift of a sail at CL = 0.7 to
> 0.8 is
> too low?...

That does sound low, to me.

Cheers,

Tom Speer

Fri Aug 1, 2008 1:42 am

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Tom, You comment that thin airfoils will beat a thick one still have me puzzled. In playing with the airfoil simulator "Foil Sim II" at ...	Williams, Deane G ... chga_1999	May 6, 2008 3:30 pm
... FoilsimII is a potential flow code. It does not calculate the flow in the boundary layer. Getting lift at modest angles of attack is not the issue. Any...	Tom Speer tspeer007	May 7, 2008 3:43 am
... I've uploaded some papers to the Max_Airfoils files folder that might help. Take a look at Figure 13 in http://tinyurl.com/5rwp8p. The higher the design...	Tom Speer tspeer007	Jul 31, 2008 4:29 am
Tom, Thanks much for the detailed explanations! We are privileged to have you in our little group. Even though the links don't work I found all the papers in...	Williams, Deane G ... chga_1999	Jul 31, 2008 12:13 pm
... That does sound low, to me. Cheers, Tom Speer...	Tom Speer tspeer007	Aug 1, 2008 1:42 am

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