AX-O
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I have been working on my gear leg intersection fairings and wanted to see if the work I did was a waste of time or if it would potentially work. I decided to do a quick test for FUN. I put some tuffs on my plane and then used a 6HP vacuum cleaner to blow air over the surface. I changed the angle of the airstream to simulate different flight path. On the last part of the video you can see some reverse flow. I may have to do this test again in a more scientific way with additional and better tuffs.
The reverse flow on the last few seconds of the video , I was pointing the nozzle along the longitudinal axis but at approx. 45 degrees to the fairing/fuse.
BTW, I have been pretending to be a little air molecule all week. We use this same method at work but we use 4 jet engines to generate localized airflow at high speeds.
Airflow video
The reverse flow on the last few seconds of the video , I was pointing the nozzle along the longitudinal axis but at approx. 45 degrees to the fairing/fuse.
BTW, I have been pretending to be a little air molecule all week. We use this same method at work but we use 4 jet engines to generate localized airflow at high speeds.
Airflow video
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