I have a flying Mitchell Wing B-10 for sale. It's located in the SF Bay Area. I bought last fall to fly but things have changed dramatically for me since then...
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ROBERT L SCHAFER
robert_l_sch...
Aug 6, 2008 10:34 pm
I am interested in your b 10 Where precisely do you live. I am in the south bay near San Jose. Bob Schafer (210) 649-5368 ... From: dennismingear...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Aug 8, 2008 8:42 am
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namdraob@...
namdraob1
Aug 8, 2008 10:38 pm
I wish you were nearer to Elmira NY. You would have cash, and I would be getting a good dose of air! In a message dated 8/6/2008 12:25:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight...
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george_rf1
Aug 9, 2008 8:08 am
Have we waited long enough to see ??? Any Oshkosh goers give a report, surely somebody from here must have been there George...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 10, 2008 1:33 am
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/09/current-conditions-favorable-for-electraflyer-cs-electric-fligh/ or: http://tinyurl.com/58fh4l Jim Foreman...
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Percy
pwood2128h
Aug 10, 2008 2:10 am
... Very Inspiring, Jim. We have lots of wind here in New Mexico. All I'd need is a turbine on my place, and an ElectroPlane in the hangar. Percy...
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Anthony McDonald
maco108102
Aug 10, 2008 4:24 am
Nice Jim For the others - there is a movie on utube about the same aircraft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRVQuuYUk6I&watch_response Regards Mac...
... Yes, I fly an ATOS N/B. Deploying the flaps induces a noticeable pitch-up moment and lowers the trim speed. We launch and thermal with some flaps deployed...
That which you quote Was by me not wrote Yet interesting None-the-less I did write this, however: "I had an epiphany about this a while back and realized that...
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James
jamesl33511
Aug 14, 2008 2:58 pm
I'm an aeronautics dummy so sorry if my questions are silly. But I don't see how the small front canard wing can provide more lift than the much larger rear...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 14, 2008 3:54 pm
I difference to Mr. Rutan, I have to go with the dictionary meaning of the word, Canard, which is fake, false or joke. I also go along with the French slang...
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Dennis Mingear
dennismingear
Aug 14, 2008 4:19 pm
Yeah, but a canard surface has to be heavily loaded as compared to the main wing surface and a heavily loaded wing surface produces large tip vortices. In the...
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Brad
rx7_ragtop
Aug 14, 2008 4:20 pm
Hmmm... A canard serves the same purpose as a horizontal stab... to counter the forward pitching moment caused by the cg center of gravity) being ahead of the...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 14, 2008 6:57 pm
... From: "Brad" <rx7_ragtop@...> Subject: [Airchairgroup] Re: Digest Number 1777 ... The wing tries to pitch down at the leading edge is because of...
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Juan Cristian Nú�...
HNunez@...
Aug 14, 2008 7:39 pm
Here I have an article for those who are atracted by the canards as was me. In short, besides other disatvantages, I must waste part of the potential of the...
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Dennis Mingear
dennismingear
Aug 14, 2008 7:45 pm
Very true Hans, just google Rutan's Grizzly and Solitaire designs. Even Burt was forced to move on to more efficient configurations in his later efforts. ...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 14, 2008 8:00 pm
I had forgotten about the canard Zia. All I can say is that it was less than successful. However, I flew the Zia with normal elevator and wrote a flight report...
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Dennis Mingear
dennismingear
Aug 14, 2008 8:09 pm
Yeah, the Zia 2 was a neat little glider. To bad he used up all his money trying to get the canard configuration to work. It was a great benefit to Rutan...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 15, 2008 2:23 am
Yes, I have Stearman time but a long time ago. I do remember that it took a whole lot of forward stick to hold it on it's back when inverted. Took a lot more...
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Airchairgroup@yahoogr...
Aug 15, 2008 11:38 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Airchairgroup group. File : /Building...
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Garry Warber
beakybuzzard007
Aug 15, 2008 2:45 pm
Okay, now that Rex is paying attention, how is the steel glider with Pelican (le pelican?) wings coming along? You havn't updated in a while, unless I'm going...
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Terry
bubbanutha
Aug 15, 2008 4:20 pm
I remember putting a long stack of washers under the front bolts mounting the horizontal stab (positive inc.) when rebuilding Stearmans many years ago....
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Brad
rx7_ragtop
Aug 15, 2008 5:01 pm
Yes, I am referencing the lift stab on a Stearman... And yes, MOST airfoils have a natural forward pitching moment... (not all!) Perhaps I oversimplified...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 15, 2008 5:24 pm
The reason why stabilizers are set with a positive angle of incidence relative to the thrustline of the fuselage, roughly matching the aerodynamic chordline of...
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Jim Foreman
bajajim_99
Aug 15, 2008 5:40 pm
This pix of a Stearman in flight shows that while the stabilizer is set at a positive angle in reference to the fuselage, it's still at a negative angle to the...
