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Old July 2nd 11, 02:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Marc Ramsey[_3_]
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Default BJ-4 Information?

At 00:58 02 July 2011, Marc Ramsey wrote:
At 23:16 01 July 2011, ContestID67 wrote:
The reason you don't see the flaps in the BJ-4 pictures is that both

the
BJ-3/BJ-4 had variable geometry wings. The flaps retracted inside the
wing, thus increasing the aspect ratio for high speed flight.

I've obviously been in this sport too long, I remember too many obscure
things 8^(


Sorry for the repeat, I occasionally manage to do this when posting via
gliderpilot.net. Hey Andy, if you do a 302 Redirect after a post, people
like me won't screw up quite so often. But, thanks for providing an
alternative to the evil Google Groups...

Marc