Influence of miniflaps on sailplane flight characteristics

The effect of miniflaps for increasing the L/D ratio and the lift coefficient has been studied on airliners as well as on UAV-s and wind turbines. For sailplanes the lift when Cl > 1.0 is of main interest. As the maximum wing loading of racing sailplanes reaches 60–62 kg/m2, it is necessary to a...

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Main Authors: Peep Lauk, Karl-Eerik Unt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2015-11-01
Series:Aviation
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Online Access:http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Aviation/article/view/2553