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The Foil Zone => Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP => Topic started by: Wetstuff on November 20, 2019, 08:03:33 AM
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It's only at the beginning and end of this 'kitemare' (I had those) but it is interesting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiIQezVlUk&feature=emb_rel_pause
Jim
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Wing Surfing wins again ;D
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not the best demo of something that works amazingly well.
But interesting if it does work. Simple. Simple is good.
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I'm guessing it will be hard work doing it with a wing and you really need that tail to counter balance.
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..mmmm?, JEG. Not much here, but he does not look bothered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=AAqA3uNcKxo&feature=emb_logo
Jim
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..mmmm?, JEG. Not much here, but he does not look bothered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=AAqA3uNcKxo&feature=emb_logo
Jim
I'm not fully convince of the vid but great effort on that setup though. I'm thinking, have you ever seen a plan with no tail wing, I'm talking about comerciaal plains.
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JEG - Ya, but... Commercial airlines haul a load-a-c'hit to make $$ so need a long, empty cavity to fill, MIL needs frantic maneuverability and massive power, so they need tailplanes. Even little ole' Cessnas move thru a lot of airspace compared to that guy on the foil.
I'd bet -if one guy is working on it- others will notice. There's fun ahead if enough early adaptors fund progress.
Jim
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I remembered a tailless flyer done by a NASA engineer. With an Elizabethan name, Barnaby Wainfan, he had to be the smartest kid in school and probably developed quick fists. He published a book on airfoils and done other exotica within aviation. I had not heard that he said it, but it seems apparent; 'it is not only smooth that lifts'.
http://www.facetmobile.com
Jim