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And the golden shovel award goes to.... At 12:59 11/07/1998 +0200, "Atle Aamodt" <aaamodt@on*.no*> wrote: >Another strange thing about wing construction for gliders is that it is not >the perfectly smooth surface that is the best. In fact you want micro >turbulence so the wind do not "stick" to the wing. The micro turbulence >acts as a kind of roller bearing. > >And this is why the OMS has the bungies to create these curves, it's there >to produce turbulence so the water won't stick to the wing. The only >problem is the manufacture of OMS misunderstood the drawings and the >messures. The data for the curves that was ment to produce this turbulence, >where given in micrometers but they made curves with the equal amount but >in inches. > >In wing construction you don't make curves to produce micro turbulence, but >you drill very tiny holes in the wing surface. Why not try this with the >OMS wings, maybe this will reduce the drag [;-) Sid.Dive@Ib*.Ne* Submersible Innovative Design Toronto, Canada -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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