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Re: integral rudder...again

Posted By: Nolan Penney
Date: Friday, 28 August 1998, at 3:14 p.m.

In Response To: Re: integral rudder...again (Mark Kanzler)

> Actually, a kayak would look very little like an airfoil to the flow.

Sure it would. You've just got to remember the "wing" is pointed up and down, not horizontally like a airplanes wings.

> You'll notice that the wings on a sailplane are very long.

While the wings on other planes are very short. Length of the wing doesn't define the airfoil shape. An airfoil ban be very short along the length of the wing. His kayak shape, like mine, presents quite an airfoil to the water. Now a squirt boat is of course a different matter.

Why smooth isn't always better, or dimples work.

Messages In This Thread

integral rudder...again
Tom Scheibe -- Monday, 24 August 1998, at 7:03 p.m.
Re: Flow tank testing.
Mark Kanzler -- Monday, 24 August 1998, at 8:37 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 6:46 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 10:55 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
John Lange -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 1:01 p.m.
Re: Dagger Sitka Link
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 3:52 p.m.
Re: Dagger Sitka Link
John Lange -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 4:25 p.m.
Re: Dagger Sitka Link
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 4:37 p.m.
Re: 24' x 26"??
Wynne -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 3:04 p.m.
Re: 24' x 26"??
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 7:21 p.m.
A Picture - Rudder on a Cobra Kayak
Tom W. -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 3:19 p.m.
Re: A Picture - Rudder on a Cobra Kayak
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 3:55 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Tom Scheibe -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 4:36 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 4:49 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Tom Scheibe -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 5:11 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Wednesday, 26 August 1998, at 6:31 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Tom Scheibe -- Wednesday, 26 August 1998, at 2:30 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Wednesday, 26 August 1998, at 3:06 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 12:07 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 3:19 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 7:09 p.m.
Re: New BBS Format
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 7:14 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 7:05 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 10:59 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 11:49 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 3:24 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
chris_rolt -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 7:14 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Saturday, 29 August 1998, at 11:34 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Saturday, 29 August 1998, at 11:10 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 11:08 a.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Nolan Penney -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 3:14 p.m.
Re: integral rudder...again
Mark Kanzler -- Saturday, 29 August 1998, at 10:55 a.m.
Please describe control cables
Pete Ford -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 7:47 p.m.
Re: Please describe control cables
Tom Scheibe -- Tuesday, 25 August 1998, at 11:23 p.m.
Re: Please describe control cables
Mark Bodnar -- Wednesday, 26 August 1998, at 6:03 p.m.
Re: Please describe control cables
Tom Scheibe -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 4:29 p.m.
Re: Please describe control cables
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 6:55 p.m.
Re: Please describe control cables
Nolan Penney -- Friday, 28 August 1998, at 6:49 a.m.
Re: integral rudder... another question
Edgar Kleindinst -- Sunday, 30 August 1998, at 12:01 a.m.
Re: integral rudder... another question
Joe Greenley -- Saturday, 29 August 1998, at 2:21 p.m.
Re: integral rudder... Dagger Atlantis
Mark Kanzler -- Monday, 31 August 1998, at 12:07 a.m.
Re: integral rudder on Dagger Sitka
Ross Leidy -- Tuesday, 1 September 1998, at 1:54 p.m.
Re: integral rudder... another question
Tom Scheibe -- Monday, 31 August 1998, at 2:18 p.m.
Re: integral rudder... another question
Nick Schade -- Monday, 31 August 1998, at 5:51 p.m.
Re: integral rudder... another question
Edgar Kleindinst -- Friday, 4 September 1998, at 5:29 p.m.

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