I just framed up a tapered wing for a Mustunt and I inadvertently built washout into the wing due to improper jigging during construction. Bummer. So, now I'm going to try it again. My question is: how important is wing taper? Let's face it, with my building skills, I'm much more likely to build an untapered wing straight.
To taper or not to taper?
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Building it straight is far more important than building in taper. If you can do both, fine, but there are a lot of good designs with straight wings. And, unless you are ready for the "big time", and if ou are having trouble doing it, it may not be worth the time it takes for you to get it right. The straight wing version will fly quite well.
Larry Cunningham · May 28, 2003 08:53 AM
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Are you guys referring to taper (e.g. thickness taper) or to a swept leading edge wing?
If you think about it, replacing a straight wing with a swept leading edge version moves the center of lift aft a bit. For practical purposes, this may not be much of a factor in the way a ship handles.
Although there is a valid argument that yaw stability is increased with a swept leading edge, again the effect may be neglible in our CL stunt application.
Thickness taper is another discussion entirely.
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Winston Churchill
>Are you guys referring to taper (e.g. thickness taper) or to
>a swept leading edge wing?
>
>If you think about it, replacing a straight wing with a
>swept leading edge version moves the center of lift aft a
>bit. For practical purposes, this may not be much of a
>factor in the way a ship handles.
>
>Although there is a valid argument that yaw stability is
>increased with a swept leading edge, again the effect may be
>neglible in our CL stunt application.
>
>Thickness taper is another discussion entirely.
>
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>"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change
>the subject." -Winston Churchill
>a swept leading edge wing?
>
>If you think about it, replacing a straight wing with a
>swept leading edge version moves the center of lift aft a
>bit. For practical purposes, this may not be much of a
>factor in the way a ship handles.
>
>Although there is a valid argument that yaw stability is
>increased with a swept leading edge, again the effect may be
>neglible in our CL stunt application.
>
>Thickness taper is another discussion entirely.
>
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>"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change
>the subject." -Winston Churchill
I was refering to the swept leading edge, tapered planform... although I have seen some tapered planform wings with a straight leading edge i.e. the flap hinge line is swept forward... not sure what that is supposed to accomplish other than to move the mean geometric chord forward?