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Mithrandir · 09-21-2007, 02:16 PM

I bet a suitably redesigned Lancair would eat up these aerobatic planes...
Clean/Low drag and high Roll rate are what wins... and the EDGE is the least "Dirty" from a drag standpoint.

The straight leading edge cause a bit of spanwise flow towards the root... (Or lessens the flow towards the tip) and thus makes a wing a little more tolerant of AOA before stalling... might be what is helping tighten up the turns....

Next thing you know... they will have inboard and outboard ailerons with scheduling of the "Flaperon" deflections with the elevator.... that would either tighten the turns (Until they are "G" limited/GLOC) or the same radius with less speed loss....

It is a race... someone oughta build a race plane for it...

Wasn't there originally an aerobatic element to this race???

09-21-2007, 02:16 PM	#39
Mithrandir Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: High Desert California, USA Age: 50 Posts: 5,690	Re: Red Bull Air races - Edge dominates. Why? I bet a suitably redesigned Lancair would eat up these aerobatic planes... Clean/Low drag and high Roll rate are what wins... and the EDGE is the least "Dirty" from a drag standpoint. The straight leading edge cause a bit of spanwise flow towards the root... (Or lessens the flow towards the tip) and thus makes a wing a little more tolerant of AOA before stalling... might be what is helping tighten up the turns.... Next thing you know... they will have inboard and outboard ailerons with scheduling of the "Flaperon" deflections with the elevator.... that would either tighten the turns (Until they are "G" limited/GLOC) or the same radius with less speed loss.... It is a race... someone oughta build a race plane for it... Wasn't there originally an aerobatic element to this race??? __________________ TEAM FUTABA TEAM DURALITE FLIGHT SYSTEMS Hacker Brushless USA GP38% Video-Page Last edited by Mithrandir; 09-21-2007 at 02:27 PM.