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    Initial Calculations, .6 AR WIG Flying Boat, Airfoil Performance - Check My Numbers!

    I have been playing around with what I call a flying boat - meant to be more boat than aircraft. My 1:12 scale model was overweight, and rough; it did not fly. Pending my rebuild, I have been noodling some numbers. Here are some screen captures from an app on my phone called Airfoil...
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    Low AR lifting fuselage twist anomaly

    Since my last thread on lifting bodies I started thinking about a Horton Wingless-like configuration, like the one on the right in the drawing below: Simple construction, made to fly and not to fall in a controlled manner, true-airfoil shaped fuselage, no vortex lift. However, there is...
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