Dan Heath wrote: > The RAF-48 is not laminar flow. I understand that the new wing is, but may > be of the kind that is not as prone to having problems in the rain. I am > sure that Mark L. can answer for the new wing.
Ashok tested the new airfoils with "trip strips" that simulate bug guts (which I would think would be a lot worse than rain) and found minimal impact to Cl. This was one of his design criteria. Almost done reorganizing the basement, and then I can get back to the KR... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford