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Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Zap since I'am 15 years old I can only count 1+1.
This brings up an other question, So If I udnerstand you zap you say that wings that are mounted up high make the plane more manouverable,
Originally posted by kilcoo316
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Zap since I'am 15 years old I can only count 1+1.
This brings up an other question, So If I udnerstand you zap you say that wings that are mounted up high make the plane more manouverable,
I don't want to be ignorant to Zaphod, but he's simplified it too much, and its kinda incorrect.
Did you try that link I posted - its got some nice graphics that might help you.
Originally posted by waynos
fin, whatever the rest of us have tried to tell you, I say listen to kilcoo. He really knows what we 'think' we know when it comes to aerodynamics
Nice pictures too Fin but you are kind of incorrect when you say there are no fighters with top mounted wings;
F-35
F-22
F-18
F-15
F-14
Tornado
Jaguar
Orao
MiG 23,25 &27
Mitsubishi F.1
Mirage F.1
Harrier
and I reckon loads more than that.
The air speed at 90 degrees to the wing leading edge is what creates the lift and drag of the wing, ideally you want to run the aircraft as much in its design zone as possible [for sake of argument lets say thats 150 -> 400 mph at sea-level].
So, if we have a wing swept at 60 degrees, your optimal aircraft speed is actually 300 -> 800 mph.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Essentially fin, by sweeping the wings back, you have less area of the plane to push through the air, and it can go faster. That might be oversimplified again, but it's essentially what's happening.
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Maybe a part of the wings is forced to go in the plane and that way the area becomes smaller?
Originally posted by waynos
Didn't I already say this?
But that is because less area is needed at highter speeds because, basically, more lift is generated per sq ft of wingh area the faster you go.
In terms of reduced resistance if you picture the frontal view of a VG aircraft, with the wings unswept it might be 50ft across but fully swept it is only 30ft, reduced span and higher sweep equals less resistance and higher speeds.
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Hmm, valhall, I have to get back to you on this matter after I've read thorugh the text a couple of hundreds of times.