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Barnaby Wainfan

Barnaby Wainfan
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Barnaby is a Technical Fellow for Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Design organization. A private pilot with single-engine and glider ratings, Barnaby has been involved in the design of unconventional airplanes including canards, joined wings, flying wings and some too strange to fall into any known category.

A Bit About Blades

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Like a wing, a propeller blade is characterized by its area, planform, and airfoil cross section.

Blade Inflow Angle

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As the propeller moves through the air, each point on the blade follows a helical path.

Prop Blade Mach

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Prop blade Mach.

Prop Momentum Theory

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Proper selection and design of the propeller is one of the keys to airplane performance.

Wind Tunnel

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Last month we took a look at using hinge-line offset to aerodynamically balance control surfaces. Offset hinge balances are effective, but they were not...

Wind Tunnel: Offset hinge lines

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Offset hinge lines.

Wind Tunnel

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Stiffness.

Wind Tunnel

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Beefing it up.

Wind Tunnel

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Getting it wrong.

All-moving Tails

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All-moving tails.

In Case You Missed It

The Dawn Patrol

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They may not be comfortable, and they don't go fast, but flying a WW-I plane is just plain fun. When you can share the experience with some American heroes, its even better.

Editor’s Log

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Conventional?

Floating The Dream

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Rick Lindstrom revisits Canadas Dream Tundra, this time when its on floats. Dream Aircraft Founder Yvan Desmarais spent 10 years developing the prototype for this design, with the intention of building and kitting a better bushplane. Lindstrom says hes achieved that goal and then some.

Homebuilt Accidents: Passing the Engine Baton

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How does the Rotax 912 compare to traditional engines used in small homebuilts?