Originally Posted by
vc10617:
Chris Scott
I always thought it was the plan view, a large sweeping curve meeting the line of the trailing edge. Might not be though. Kuchmann also introduced/developed/invented winglets, that are on just about anything now. Is this droop on the BUA kites a sort of variation on that theme?
I originally thought the Kuchemann tip was the droop-snoot (see a discussion that started
here), but a quick search on the 'net yesterday suggested that you are right.
Jhiemingha,
The wing-root tidy-up on the Super VC10 makes absolute sense: thanks.
Thanks also for bringing all those posts over from the XV109 thread on the Military forum.
In view of the very specialist title of that thread, I was getting nervous that we might not be able to remember where to find that discussion in months or years to come! (Unfortunately, that equally aplies to some other fascinating type-wide discussions about the alleged uselessness of the flight-test escape system.) Also, it's one thing for the military guys to creep off topic on their own forum, but as a guest I felt I was pushing my luck a bit.
Since commercial ops ceased so long ago, we civvies now need the RAF guys' contributions more than they need ours, and the tanker stuff is fascinating. But an aeroplane is an aeroplane (sorreee!)...
For those who may be new to the VC10 threads on PPRuNe, the other one I'm aware of (no doubt there are others...) is also on the Military forum, entitled RAF VC10 - Great Memories, and starts here:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ml#post7907611
It contains not only excellent contributions, but some unmissable images and great videos.