Re: KR> Rumbling sound from the nose, High speed taxi

2019-04-22 Thread Stef den Boer via KRnet
Hi, This weekeind, I checked the nose gear, It was way to lose at the swiffle fork. I made the stearing nose gear much stiffer. The rumbling sound is almost gone and the camera I hooked up at the tail showes no nose wheel simmy at a max speed of 30kts. The plane is stearing still perfect. Stef

Re: KR> Stick & Rudder

2019-04-22 Thread patrick via KRnet
Mike, I've always thought that the wind hitting the bottom of the wing is what keeps it up, but I have to think twice about the airfoil concept, due to the fact that if you blow over the top of a curved paper sheet, the sheet will rise and there is no air going under the sheet to force it up

KR> Stick & Rudder

2019-04-22 Thread Mike Stirewalt via KRnet
Larry posted, https://phys.org/news/2012-01-wings.html I'd bet the guys who solicited the grant money for this graduate student project havent the slightest idea how to actually fly an airplane. In the real world, Darwinian selection doesn't favor these types. If they do decide to learn to fly