I had to think about that Jim. I suppose the vortex generators keep the
boundary layer moving to keep the flow closer to the wing at higher angles of
attack; is that the idea?
I see from Wikipedia that it’s to "delay flow separation”: that’s what I meant
to write :-)
Chris
> On 14 Jun 15, at 06:56, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> He said he once found himself moving at 14 mph ground speed over an Atlanta
> Braves game. The vortex generators should allow him to fly extremely slow,
> which, for his purposes, grabs more eyeballs. :-)
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