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How keel winglets really work
DSK wrote: Navvie wrote: From: http://www.djaerotech.com/dj_askjd/d.../wingfin1.html This is from a model airplane web site, and some of the terminology for hydrodynamics is rather different. For one thing, we don't talk about the "helix angle" of underwater foils. For another, attempting to get a net forward (or windward) lift component from keel winglets isn't going to work because they have to sail on both tacks. Yep, that's why they are on both sides. Cheers |
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