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- From: toma@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Tom Albertz)
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:08:32 GMT
- Subject: Re: Why do blade fins work better?
- Message-ID: <12600411@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- I just read something recently that I believe was written by Chuck Ames -
- maybe it was Larry Tuttle.
-
- Basically, the lift you get from a fin is a function of area - among other
- things. So a blade fin gives you the same lift as any fin with the same
- area - all other things being equal. The difference is that you get the
- lift with less associated drag. Maybe drag is a function of chord length
- - among other things.
-
- Maybe you said all this already and you're just looking for the corresponding
- formulas now. Don't look at me.
-