Re: Beta test - online kite design software
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:14 pm
Thanks again, you are making good progress. Four point bridle is quite nice already The more I play with the program more I like it.
Some questions/remarks:
How LE thickness is changed in the middle of the kite?
Strut LE and TE size adjustments should be next to each other, now there is LE curve adjustments in between them which is a bit annoying.
Tow point separation adjustment, how it is done or is it possible? I think it should be.
What is "bridle tow point distance f...." parameter? I don't see the effect of it. (correction: I see now but it works somehow strange, or it is very slow.) (correction2: I get it now but I don't get the meaning of value range: -0.4 seem to be about right, crazy values are possible to choose)
To scroll model parameters up and down is a bit annoying, but it is acceptable. It would be better if more parameters could be seen simultaneously and also they could be a bit more organized or grouped by their function.
Where to get dxf airfoils for LEI kite? Or how to do basic morphing to them?
To have basic info written next to model is a good idea.
Panel/segment width seem to be constant, perhaps it should be optional to have it proportional to chord to some degree.
Anyway
Some questions/remarks:
How LE thickness is changed in the middle of the kite?
Strut LE and TE size adjustments should be next to each other, now there is LE curve adjustments in between them which is a bit annoying.
Tow point separation adjustment, how it is done or is it possible? I think it should be.
What is "bridle tow point distance f...." parameter? I don't see the effect of it. (correction: I see now but it works somehow strange, or it is very slow.) (correction2: I get it now but I don't get the meaning of value range: -0.4 seem to be about right, crazy values are possible to choose)
To scroll model parameters up and down is a bit annoying, but it is acceptable. It would be better if more parameters could be seen simultaneously and also they could be a bit more organized or grouped by their function.
Where to get dxf airfoils for LEI kite? Or how to do basic morphing to them?
To have basic info written next to model is a good idea.
Panel/segment width seem to be constant, perhaps it should be optional to have it proportional to chord to some degree.
Anyway