At 20:20 19 December 2016, wrote:
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 9:09:21 AM UTC-5, ND wrote:
On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 3:28:59 PM UTC-5, TS wrote:
On Sunday, 18 December 2016 17:46:45 UTC+1, jfitch wrote:
On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-8,

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Thanks to J.Nieuwenhuize for posting this link Jonker's
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ist Johan Bosman pictures of the JS3.
http://www.imgrum.net/user/johanjbosm=
an/697025039
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As suggested, the Akaflieg M=C3=BCnchen M=C3=BC31 article is
also
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good read. http://www.akaflieg.vo.tum.de/index.php/en/mue-31-en=20
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Go around-come around...interesting how we're back to the AS
Ka-6E
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shoulder wing. Can't wait to inspect how they did the automatic hook-ups.
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eally like the retractable tail wheel too. Congratulations Johan
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We'll see...pretty is as pretty does.
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The 26 fueselage is considerably different than a Ventus. Place the
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wo side by side and there is no doubt. Different shape, different
cockpit,
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different canopy. Everything different. Place a 26 fuselage next to a
JS1
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and you cannot tell them apart. Even many of the details inside are the
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e. I'm not complaining about it, I doubt the 26 fuselage is legally
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able intellectual property. But the question was posed above.
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The aerodynamic shape of the JS1b/c is a 100% direct copy of the
ASH26.=
They took an existing ASH26 fuselage, and made a negative mould of
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The internals are different.
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also, all this business about canopy shape is irrelevant. once you have
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negative mold for the 26, you can define the canopy shape however you
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..

The canopy shape is defined by the aerodynamic profile. The trimmed
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ration and contour of the canopy frame cut out may change, as it did in
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evolution of the Schleicher fuselages.
I suspect that Bosman is really chasing details and reduced the canopy to
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hange how it affects laminar flow on the forward fuselage.
FWIW
UH


With absolutely no knowlage at all I offer these speculations .
The JS1 polar as on their web site shows little difference between the 18
m
and the 21m at the same wing loading ,In other words the span makes less
difference than the wing loading.
There have been tales of JSI spinning off tow,I assume that is because
pilots
are loading to max water to get the performance .
When I look at the JS3 it looks as if they have added di hedral and washout

to increase the stability and shortened the wing span to get the wing
loading.
As high as possible .
It should be a rocket if the conditions are strong enough.