Could use some help!
Could use some help!
Most people would not know what I m talking about but I hope somebody does! Would the "Custer channel wing" be a good project? I can make my own wind tunnel!
Tyler S.
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With some thought, you can probably come up with a great project based on Custer's channel wing; however, your observation
Wind tunnels are designed to test the lift of wing shapes. During the CCW-1 experiments the wings were progressively cut off or had spoilers attached to the point of having no lift from the wings. A "channel wing" does NOT have to generate lift by its air speed. The lift is generated by the speed of the air over the wing.
either indicates you don't understand how a channel wing / prop-fan form a venturi and the associated bernouli principles involved in generating lift or you were trying to test the experts.I can make my own wind tunnel!
Wind tunnels are designed to test the lift of wing shapes. During the CCW-1 experiments the wings were progressively cut off or had spoilers attached to the point of having no lift from the wings. A "channel wing" does NOT have to generate lift by its air speed. The lift is generated by the speed of the air over the wing.
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