Pattern wing design

[randy10926 at comcast.net]

Man this is becoming much more complex tha I thought it was going to be.  Maybe 
I should get a Runaround (little version if possible) foam wing for the 60-
sized and Prohpecy foam wing for the 90-sized Kaos, if I am going to try 
different wings.

Randy
> The Kaos wing was a TLAR section of approximately 15% thickness. Root chord 
> was around 13" and tip chord was around 10"
> 
>  with a span of around 60"
> , in double tapered planform. The Super Kaos was one of the better flying 
> planes of the day and trained many a  budding pattern pilot, including me. 
> HOWEVER, the ribs were pretty much all different; shapes, thicknesses, LE TE all 
> tended to be a little different and matched poorly to the overall structure. 
> That 
> is, compared to most things we see today.
> 
> Another HOWEVER: it flew extremely well even though the wing surfaces were 
> often uneven. It flew better than the later releases called the UDDER CHAOS or 
> Ultimate Kaos or something like that. The later versions were utilising the 
> world famous Curare wing, which, on the Curare, worked incredibly well. It was 
> the World Champ airplane after all, Hanno Prettner notwithstanding. On the Super 
> Kaos, it behaved doggy. OMO
> 
> The Prophecy airfoil, as the story was re-told, came from FS, or fish shape. 
> Nature given the chance, will be more efficient in her designs, one way or 
> another. So the copying here was pure genius. Or not.
> 
> Matt K
> > Subj:Re: Pattern wing design 
> > Date:9/4/2003 10:42:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:randy10926 at comcast.net">randy10926 at comcast.net</A>
> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> > To:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> > Sent from the Internet 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone know what wing the KAOS and Prophecy uses.  I recently got a Kaos kit 
> > 
> > and the plans for a KOAS 90.  Thinking to building a Kaos 90 with Prophecy 
> > wings.  I would like to use one of the wing programs to generate a balsa 
> > built 
> > up wing.  For some reason I would like to really build something.
> > 
> > Randy
> 

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