Date: Sunday, April 13 2008 05:24 am From: Graham Singleton To: europa-list@matronics.com Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com Subject: Re: Europa-List: FW: Wing fillets...per prevoious discussion Attachment: Part 1: noname (TEXT/PLAIN 8bit 2466 bytes) --> Europa-List message posted by: Graham Singleton Fergus thanks for the kind words but imho Ted's fillets are better, he has small radius at the LE increasing as the fillet extends aft. Since the boundary layer also gets thicker as it moves aft there seems to be a certain logic in that. Look sexier too. Graham Fergus Kyle wrote: > Having discovered what Mitchell prescribed for the Spitfire > (which can’t be all that bad, I decided half-bad was better than sharp > corners, so went half way……. The method was to fit foam forms to the > flap area and carve a suitable shape which would slide the fillets under > the GraSing ones at the trailing edge. PLUS I thought the fillet, when > flaps extended, might serve partially as a fence to prevent unnecessary > air being dumped off the flap………. Maybe not. > > I have uploaded 4 photos of my project. showing the installation > of fairings/fillets. > > Go to the EuropaOwners gallery and I'm about fifth album down > > The series shows (I hope) fourth, a mod to one flap inboard end. > The fillet slides under the trailing edge end of the main fillet, > visible in the first three shots. I began with Graham Singleton’s > excellent fillet set, and embellished by extending the function to the > flaps. > > Further explanation, on demand. > > Cheers, Ferg > > > > > > * > > > * -- Graham Singleton Tel: +441629820187 Mob: +447739582005 _-============================================================ _-= - The Europa-List Email Forum - _-= Use the Matronics List Features Navigator to browse _-= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription, _-= Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, _-= Photoshare, and much much more: _-= --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List _-============================================================ _-= - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - _-= Same great content also available via the Web Forums! _-= --> http://forums.matronics.com _-============================================================ _-= - List Contribution Web Site - _-= Thank you for your generous support! _-= -Matt Dralle, List Admin. _-= --> http://www.matronics.com/contribution _-============================================================