If you cut some portion off of one of the wings on a glider and added a lead bulb to the end of it you would be left with a n odd looking but...
also at higher (closer to 1) mach speeds.
If you mirrored sailrocket along the waterline , hung a weight in place of the foil and made the rudder (also mirrored on waterline)big enough to...
The compressiblity of the fluid has no bearing on the argument. The type media has no bearing on the argument. How we use the forces applied by...
Right but similarly a boat without opposition from the water will also be losing energy. Only going downwind. Eventually going to the centre of a...
For the sail, the frame of reference is boom and air. The waterline plane is horizontal but so it the plane in which wind blows therefore...
Oh yeah. I've seen your page before. Quite interesting. As far as I can tell sr 2 is stable in yaw. If the sail is overpowered compaired to the...
I know I'm getting ahead of myself but let's say what I have built is a v1. Proof of concept. If I was to develop a v2 to not only set a soft...
From the moment it sets sailors losing positional potential energy against the atmosphere around it. When I said this I miss spoke The 2...
The angle between a plane centerline and gravity is the angle of incidence plus 90degrees. The angle between plane centerline and horizontal is...
And too with the same frame of reference on a boat. If you change your heading or sheeting the leeway angle changes with regards to the water....
The boom and air flow are the frame of reference for the upper side of a boat. Even in the diagram lift isn't perpendicular to chord its...
Lift and drag are arbitrary but useful decomposition vectors of the overall aerodynamic pressure acting on the body caused by fluid flow. Angle...
Yeah. I suppose that's true. I knew it would sail in equilibrium but wasn't sure where that equilibrium would be. Could you explain the equation...
Sorry, not sorry, really had to catch up to everyone.
Foil and air are the frame of reference for angle of attack. Air is the frame of reference for lift and drag which act on the foil.
No . Parallel and perpendicular to the airflow direction around the body.
I fly gliders rc and full size shaped like kites.
The reference line is the chord . The chord is defined as the line between the leading and trailing edge. If the trailing edge is brought...
No. Because air does not always move horizontal and neither do planes.
