Wing Clouds
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Tue Jan 31, 2017 9:14 amby pilotwin7
Awesome!!!
Unreal scene.
Absolutely, Amazing video..
So beautiful
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1c-O0qWQBQ[/youtube]
Re: Wing Clouds
Posted:
Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:32 amby Roypcox
Absolutely outstanding!!!
Re: Wing Clouds
Posted:
Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:31 amby FlexibleFlier
Fascinating. I found it particularly interesting that "wingtip" vortices were actually not at the wingtips at all on many airplanes; rather they were being generated well inboard, nearer to a gap in the ailerons. Of course, they still moved outward eventually and were undoubtedly still very, very dangerous.
Re: Wing Clouds
Posted:
Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:11 pmby C
The most commonly visible ones will be the wingtips and the outboard edge of the flaps - basically (in a very basic sense) where the local airflow runs out of wing surface to travel over (actually under).
Racing car rear wings can produce good ones in moist conditions too.
Re: Wing Clouds
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Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:02 pmby FlexibleFlier
C wrote:The most commonly visible ones will be the wingtips and the outboard edge of the flaps - basically (in a very basic sense) where the local airflow runs out of wing surface to travel over (actually under).
C, I do get it...I simply had not seen that before. My real world flying big iron goes back 50 years, long before winglets and the very sophisticated designs that modern materials allow.