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Forum: Tech Log

20th Jul 2011, 23:15

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

Well, I have long stated that many aeronautical...

Well, I have long stated that many aeronautical issues have already been solved in nautical design, and that we need to look at cross discipline research...after all...air is just thin water...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Jul 2011, 18:44

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

Area rule comes into play with supersonic speeds,...

Area rule comes into play with supersonic speeds, so I am not sure if that would ever be useful to a yacht.

I understand that the keel for the Kiwi was designed using the area rule...just not...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Jul 2011, 16:25

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

Volta Conf in 1935 subject was "High Speeds in...

Volta Conf in 1935 subject was "High Speeds in Aviation"

Recalling the Vth Volta Congress: High Speeds in Aviation - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 28(1):1...

Forum: Tech Log

18th Jul 2011, 19:28

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

See if you can locate details of the Volta...

See if you can locate details of the Volta Conference 1935. There appears to be some ref to the area rule presented by Adolf Busemann. In 1944, Dietrich Kuchmann appears to have presented data about...

Forum: Tech Log

24th Jun 2011, 15:11

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Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

A bit combative with someone answering your...

A bit combative with someone answering your questions.

The area rule was a concept, but there was no way to actually test it out because supersonic wind tunnels were not available until 1951. The...

Forum: Tech Log

24th Jun 2011, 01:51

Replies: 21

Area Ruling Questions

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Posted By FlightPathOBN

1. The Germans and the Americans developed the...

1. The Germans and the Americans developed the area rule interdependently, and the concepts merged after WW2.

2. The XF-91/92, predate Whitcombs supersonic research. The XF91 max speed was mach 1,...

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