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#4419008 - 05/03/18 10:11 PM
Re: Wing Nut Wings 1/32 Pfalz D.IIIA - COMPLETE
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oldgrognard
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RSC, you are right about it being pretty streamlined for its time. You would think that it would have performed better.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4419125 - 05/04/18 04:41 PM
Re: Wing Nut Wings 1/32 Pfalz D.IIIA - COMPLETE
[Re: oldgrognard]
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Lifer
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RSC, you are right about it being pretty streamlined for its time. You would think that it would have performed better. 40% of the drag of the aircraft is due to the gear and wires.
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#4429845 - 07/11/18 09:37 AM
Re: Wing Nut Wings 1/32 Pfalz D.IIIA - COMPLETE
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semmern
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Dart, I don't doupt it but how those tiny wires add so much drag is beyond me... A lot of it is interference drag, since so many wires and surfaces are near each other and cause a quite substantial increase in total drag.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4429890 - 07/11/18 02:37 PM
Re: Wing Nut Wings 1/32 Pfalz D.IIIA - COMPLETE
[Re: goon]
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In some of the later Camels and Snipes they actually went with teardrop shaped wires - and got measurable improvements from them.
That's a fitter's nightmare! Imagine having to tighten a wire and keep it's orientation correct for the line of flight, with no twists!
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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