I am designing a very similar lift body. I regret that I have only now discovered that someone else has been doing this successfully for many years! Many of the hypotheses I set for myself, you have proven in practice, especially in terms of flight characteristics. I thought that this type of aircraft had long been forgotten due to lateral stability issues. May I ask how you deal with the problem of lateral stability and flow, turbulent separation at higher speeds on the suction side, considering the overall geometry with a self-stabilizing airfoil? Unfortunately, I live in Eastern Europe and cannot visit you, but I would love to do so someday. Best regards, piotr.kochmanski@wp.pl
I am designing a very similar lift body. I regret that I have only now discovered that someone else has been doing this successfully for many years! Many of the hypotheses I set for myself, you have proven in practice, especially in terms of flight characteristics. I thought that this type of aircraft had long been forgotten due to lateral stability issues. May I ask how you deal with the problem of lateral stability and flow, turbulent separation at higher speeds on the suction side, considering the overall geometry with a self-stabilizing airfoil? Unfortunately, I live in Eastern Europe and cannot visit you, but I would love to do so someday. Best regards, piotr.kochmanski@wp.pl
I've dug a little myself into this.
Sonex-B
A hardware kit costs $1550. If Cherry rivets cost $0.25 to $0.50 then there can be 3000 to 6000 rivets in it.
RV
I have found information that there are about 12000 rivets in an RV-8
3400 rivets is a lot.
How many rivets are there in a Sonex or a RV12?
Just for comparison.
/Olle