The suspension ropes distort the airfoil where they attach. This might be engineered to whale flipper specs to provide more maneuverability.
Bret Cahill
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Ridges On Whale Flippers
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No, the flight recorder data is indicating the pilots added nose up input. and the plane stalled out and basically feel out of the sky at very high AoA.
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Yeah, right.What does a deflected slat have to do with the local sweep angle of the leading edge?
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Stall wouldn't have happened with whale ridges on the wings.
Separation => stall. Whale ridges eliminate separation even at high AoA.
That's why whale ridged fans only need 1/2 the number of blades, axial compressors 1/2 the number of stages. The high AoA is 2X.
Bret Cahill
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Based on what specific data?
Again specifically how does this apply to the specific situation? Cite specific AoA in both incidences please. Not generalities.
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Fascinating, I love these types of stories. As the story said, most people would've assumed that these bumps should go on the back of the wing, not on the front.
Yousuf Khan
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It would be difficult to compete against a whale flipper article.
Bret Cahill
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This also has some application making other wise boxy shapes that a suitable in real life city traffic more aerodynamic.
Bret Cahill