Aerodynamic design of winglets for a Standard Class glider

Authors

  • Udo Dressler The City College of the City University of New York

Keywords:

Design, Testing, Aerodynamics

Abstract

...the French National team surprised their competitors with winglets mounted on their gliders...   This report describes the theoretical effect of different geometrical winglet parameters on the flight performance of an ASW-19 glider.  A promising winglet version was selected, built and measured in flight...

Author Biography

Udo Dressler, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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Published

2018-02-02

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