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> >> Even 8 is begging for pitch diversion on landing if anything goes
> >> wrong. A little bounce and you're off to the races. It doesn't have
> >> to have that high nose attitude - just a longer, fixed nose gear. A
> >> lot of the gear design is left over from the original design goal of
> >> making it roadable.
> >
> > Are you sure about that? Are you taking the delta wing's need to come
down
> > nose high, to slow down to reasonable speeds for landing? How about
getting
> > the nose high enough for takeoff? If the nose were much lower, how fast
> > would you need to go, to get enough elevon effectiveness to lift the
nose
> > for takeoff?
> >
> > My guess, and forming an opinion from reading flight reports on the
Dyke, is
> > that the unusual attitude isn't a problem. While landing, you land
nose
> > high, and the speed becomes whatever is necessary to get a good sink
rate.
> > You do not come down fast, because you won't, if you are too fast. If
> > anything, a bounce is a non incident, because you mush right back down
after
> > you bounce back into the air.
> >
> > That is my take, anyway. I'd want to fly one, before I went messing
> > with the landing gear geometry.
> >
>
> I've an Xplane model. Not the real thing, but eh...
I do not know the reason, but every delta winged aircraft that I can recall
ever having seen pictured has had a pronounced nose high attitude while at
rest.
From that observation, it is easy to infer reasons--and, of course, to be
wrong!
If anyone here actually knows the real reason, please post it. (Inquiring
minds want to know.)
Peter
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Re: Whose airplane is it anyway?
