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Brent,
I don't much
care what you call it, it's your thread. I merely pointed out to you
that using the phrase "braking flaps on the wings like they are on a airplane"
is not accurate. Had I known it was going to result in a six paragraph
reply about how airplane flaps work, I would not have even made my
point.
Regardless,
carry on.
Jon
Hi
Jon,
I stand corrected. I should of included the
disclaimer of the author, I also didn't include the text that included who
asked the man the questions and what the question entailed. That is why I
included the link for the source of that quote.
Hydrodynamic
properties and aerodynamic properties have a fair bit of cross over in my
opinion, so I don't always look to invent some thing totally new, but look
around me to see has been done in other areas. Even if they are from very
different areas. Many things can be used very successfully for other
applications. Just like Rain-X wasn't designed to keep tiny bubbles of
submerged submersible viewports and other clear surfaces. The main point I was
trying to get across was that flaps, once a plane has touched down are part of
the braking system, and that some planes use additional flaps just for
braking. The Deep Flight Subs show that aircraft type configuration work under
water for flying/gliding underwater. Since water is far more dense then air
those surfaces don't usually need to be as large, and the far reduces cruising
speeds of the Deep Flight subs also changes things.
The term "stopping
flaps" I used until I decided I liked the term braking flaps better. But even
in that first post I used the term speed brakes as was used in the below
article. This is how I put it. "You could install some sort of stopping
flaps (speed brakes) on both sides of your sub that are curved to fit the
shape of your hull. Much like a US Navy test sub USS Albacore."
Would you prefer I use the term hinged panels instead?
For my gliding
subs I was talking about adding braking flaps on the wings like they are on a
airplane, but with an additional flap moving upwards to keep the sub on the
same heading.
"The Dorsal rudder was reinstalled and enlarged and the boat
was outfitted with speed brakes. These brakes - another concept borrowed
from aviation - technology, consisted of 10 hinged panels ringing the
after part of the ship. When needed, they were hydraulically opened into
the waterflow, bringing the boat to a rapid stop.
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/albacore.htm
I worked up my concept for my double rudder/braking
flaps with out seeing that it had already been done in part on planes. Seeing
it had been done successfully on a number of production planes, made me for
confident that I might me onto some thing.
Your
resident possibility thinker
;)'
Regards,
Szybowski
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