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From: coreykite@aol.com (Coreykite)
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Subject: Re: Chevron progress (was Soft kite tuning)
Date: 13 Jul 1996 15:14:20 -0400
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Excuse me for butting in...

And excuse you too, Andrew...

The quads do NOT deflate in propeller spins.
The under surface in cut back leaving a route for the higher pressure air
on the bottom of a foil to bleed into the cells.  While they do not
maintain full pressure, they do not collapse unless over controlled.
Even in full-reverse backing into the wind, the cells do not deflate.

Cross-venting on the outside three cells seems to be the optimum to
prevent collapse on the edge in turns.

Have completely cross-vented a Q6 to no apparant advantage.  Ask Bruce
Capsten for more info on this rig.

For the straight stuff on quads, ask the pilots who fly'em!

Oh,  BTW,  while everyone was discussing quads v. duals v frames... I went
out to the airport and buggied for 3 1/2 hours.

Life is a 3-wheeled love affair with the wind.

aoxomoxoa      coreykite@aol.com