Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RE: airfoils

["Dale" <heinzind@cadvision.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Nero Wolfe <wolfe19@megsinet.net>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RE: airfoils


>The side plates prevent some 90% of the losses due to tip vortexes.
>
>
>>The engineers told us that the side plates were as important as the
airfoil
>>shape.
>>
>>Vance
>
>


by side plates I presume you mean flat plates on the ends of the airfoil,
they would be top and bottom plates if it was a rudder.. am I correct...

this sounds like it might be a good thing for my K250, as the rudder seems
marginally effective, although I dont have much time in it yet...

dale.