"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
news:41b8925c$1@darkstar...
Here's a wierd idea:

Get longer wings. If the wings hit an updraft, they will
go up, and flex, but the fuselage won't go up right away,
kind of a "shock absorber." Then the wings will reflex,
giving extra thrust, and dissipating the G's. A few oscillations
later and you'll feel real queasy, but you'll have more glide
and less G's. Better all around, right?

OK, a bit off thread, but has anyone modeled this (dynamic)
interaction? Sure sure, we know about best glide, but what
about the effect of long wings flapping like a seagull in turbulence?

This does NOT seem to be the same kind of thing Gary
Osaba does in the Sparrowhawk or Carbon Dragon (with super stiff
wings), but it seems related...

Any long-wingers care to comment?


I thought you guys with short stiff ones already knew that us blokes with
long floppy ones got all that extra go from the flapping motion.

:-)

Ian ( 25.5 metres )