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U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul |
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Hul Tytus wrote:
rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer channel wing? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Dan wrote:
Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer channel wing? My thought also. Here are some links: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn5JL9t_C4 |
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On Jan 4, 3:26*pm, Hul Tytus wrote:
rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings * *Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. * *When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer Channel Wing. I made an RC model of one years ago. The darn thing would fly so slow the flight controls couldn't get a grip on the air. Losing an engine when flying that slow was catastrophic, however. |
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"Jim Logajan" wrote in message .. . Dan wrote: Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer channel wing? My thought also. Here are some links: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn5JL9t_C4 I would think that an engine out on takeoff would be about 100% fatal. Such a huge difference in lift would cause an immediate wing over and spin. |
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On Jan 5, 8:26*pm, "Ęslop" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message .. . Dan wrote: Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings * *Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine * *aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. * *When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A * *vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul * * Custer channel wing? My thought also. Here are some links: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn5JL9t_C4 I would think that an engine out on takeoff would be about 100% fatal. Such a huge difference in lift would cause an immediate wing over and spin. It's essentially a "blown wing" or "powered lift" aircraft. The only way it would be even remotely safe is to link the props with a cross shaft with Sprague clutches somewhat like the V-22 Osprey. That way if one engine failed, both props continue to be powered. Even then it could only be justified for special missions that needed the STOL capability badly. However, a single engine channel wing is possible. |
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In article , "Ęslop"
wrote: "Jim Logajan" wrote in message .. . Dan wrote: Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer channel wing? My thought also. Here are some links: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn5JL9t_C4 I would think that an engine out on takeoff would be about 100% fatal. Such a huge difference in lift would cause an immediate wing over and spin. That is what effectively killed the Custer Channelwing. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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bildan wrote:
However, a single engine channel wing is possible. According to one of the pages on the custerchannelwing.com site, a German company by the name of Rhein Flugseubau experimented with a single channel wing variant called the RFV-1 in the 1960s: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/05_dreams.html |
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Thanks Dan - Custer channel wing it was.
Hul Dan wrote: Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul Custer channel wing? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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On Jan 5, 10:49*pm, bildan wrote:
On Jan 5, 8:26*pm, "Ęslop" wrote: "Jim Logajan" wrote in message . .. Dan wrote: Hul Tytus wrote: rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings * *Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine * *aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. * *When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A * *vague memory points to popular mechanics or popular science. Hul * * Custer channel wing? My thought also. Here are some links: http://www.custerchannelwing.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn5JL9t_C4 I would think that an engine out on takeoff would be about 100% fatal. Such a huge difference in lift would cause an immediate wing over and spin. It's essentially a "blown wing" or "powered lift" aircraft. *The only way it would be even remotely safe is to link the props with a cross shaft with Sprague clutches somewhat like the V-22 Osprey. *That way if one engine failed, both props continue to be powered. *Even then it could only be justified for special missions that needed the STOL capability badly. However, a single engine channel wing is possible. Not exactly a Channel Wing, but this plane is a fully ducted wing single: http://www.optica.co.uk/ Dave |
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