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Re: Masters Of The Sky
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02/07/24 11:22 AM
02/07/24 11:22 AM
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Charger727
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I wish we could see more about the B-24 story because they are virtually ignored. Laminar Flow wing design, PBY, and B-24 all deserve more respect and attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_AircraftWagner, William (1976). Reuben Fleet and The Story of Consolidated Aircraft. Aero Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-8168-7950-8. B-24 used the Davis Wing design
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Re: Masters Of The Sky
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02/07/24 12:28 PM
02/07/24 12:28 PM
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Charger727
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we are saying the same thing:
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Only later was the reason for the Davis wing's performance properly understood. Largely through accident, the shape maintained laminar flow further back from its leading edge, to about 20 or 30% of chord compared to the 5 to 20% managed by most airfoil sections of the era. Although later designs greatly improved on this, with some maintaining laminar flow to upwards of 60% of chord, the Davis wing represented a great improvement at the time.
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an age of great inventors granted, but the Davis is unique compared to other laminar flow designs - it was dropped after WW2, too much high-speed drag
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Re: Masters Of The Sky
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03/02/24 03:36 AM
03/02/24 03:36 AM
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Piper Comanche had laminar flow wings, I'm not sure about some of their other models having that wing design or not. I bought my PA24-250 in 1991 and flew it around 900 hours, it was a great cross country airplane (185+ MPH average cruise speed ) not so good for the short $100.00 hamburger hops. Long wings and little drag made it a challenge for me to learn how to land it well after learning to fly in high wing low HP trainers
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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