Udo wrote:

Eric Greenwell wrote:
There may also be performance issues related to designing a modern flap
only glider: because modern airfoils use such narrow control surfaces, a
flap only glider might not have enough glide path control. I was
astonished at the difference in glide angle between my ASW 20 and my ASH
26 E, even though they employ the same flap system for landing: the ASW
20 descended much more steeply than does my ASH 26. Even though part of
that is likely due to the higher wing loading on the 26, the flap chord
on the 20 is almost double that on the 26.


True,
I am building a new wing and I was hoping to include landing flaps
only.
The airfoil was not given me the results I desired with the larger
flaps. I had to reduce the flap size to 16% and install spoilers. The
flap/aileron arrangement will similar to the DG800,
May real preference would be the ASW20/26/27 set-up but I decided to
keep it simple
As for surface aerodynamics the spoilers are always past the laminar
transition. Smooth and sealed spoiler boxes have no ill effect.
In my case the max transition on the top surface will be at 66% and
that is where the box will be installed.

Interesting! On my ASH 26 E, the flap chord is 15.5% at the root (root
chord 33 inches), and the leading edge of the spoiler cap is at 48%.


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