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Old February 22nd 11, 09:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Kevin Neave[_2_]
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Default Winglet performance

At 06:58 22 February 2011, Bill Bullimore wrote:

However...
- we spent 11 whole days getting them on straight and true

- the original kit was jigged incorrectly and would have resulted
in misalignment (food for thought when done professionally)

- the foil profile did not match the wing at the join. This was
corrected with re-fairing when the glider was refinished in Poland


Whose winglet kit did you fit to your Mosquito, how did you know the
correct toe in/out angles (i.e "Straight & True) & how did you measure
the the toe angle when fitted.

I'm dubious about the factory fitted winglets on my Discus B - again the
cut angle on the winglet doesn't match the Schempp tech note. But the
performance doesn't seem to be any worse with them than without and they
stop the tip dolly falling off (When manoeuvring on the ground, before we
get ay sarky comments!) so I continue using them.

Kevin

 




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