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Old October 26th 16, 08:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
krasw
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Default Blow holes vs turbulaator tape.

On Wednesday, 26 October 2016 03:26:21 UTC+3, Eric Greenwell wrote:
My guess is the boundary layer is too thick on the control surfaces for
zig zag tape to work, unless it was stacked two or three high.


If the function of blowholes is to trip laminar flow into turbulent, how can laminar flow be "thick"?