Development of airfoil sections for the swept-back tailless sailplane SB-13

Authors

  • Clemens Schurmeyer The City College of the City University of New York
  • Karl-Heinz Horstmann

Keywords:

Design, Structures, Aerodynamics, Testing

Abstract

For the tailess swept back wing sailplane SB-13, special airfoil properties are required....  The airfoils have been tested in free-flight conditions in the flying testbed on the sailplane 'Janus'...  There is no special disadvantage of this special pitching-moment-free airfoil sections.

Author Biography

Clemens Schurmeyer, The City College of the City University of New York

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

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Published

2018-02-20

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