Do you know these Hobie Kayak/Trimaran pedal drive things?
In my opinion this article partly comes to wrong conclusions. I doubt that less drag is a direct result of wing flexibility.yenice wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:41 am...
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-787-win ... -take-off/
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If you want to examine parasitic drag from fluttering, simply hold a strip of paper into the intake of a running vacuum cleanerBalsaMichel wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:51 amIn my opinion this article partly comes to wrong conclusions. I doubt that less drag is a direct result of wing flexibility.yenice wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:41 am...
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-787-win ... -take-off/
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Thinking this article describes it more accurate:
https://www.newfoxy.com/2016/07/25/boei ... ve-flying/
Quote from this article: "The influence (-of flexibility-) on performance is slightly negative, but this is a very weak effect. It can be compared to the rolling resistance of a stiff bicycle versus one with a spring-loaded frame."
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