What happens if a sailplane has no horiz stabilizer or elevator?

Denis, you should read up on the French designer Charles Fauvell and his
flying wings. They flew pretty well although I think Jim Marske's designs
are showing higher performance.

Tailless designs fly quite well and the performance really doesn't suffer.
They would be perfect for small jet engine self launchers.

Bill Daniels


"Denis Flament" wrote in message
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Mark James Boyd wrote:

I'm considering these factors, because eliminating the
elevator and stab would reduce drag.

That's right.

You should also consider eliminating the wings, that would reduce even
more drag.

I suppose the best way to experiment with this is in a
model glider first,

Well... I suppose too... if you want to experiment this with a full
scale glider, it will be difficult to find a pilot to put in ;-)


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Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?