Sir Matt (assumption is that you are a male) I like your sense of humour.
In my previous post I also made an assumption that term “reverse dihedral” equals “negative dihedral” (the term I've heeard of) and I treated it like the negative. Hopefully the assumption was right, the correct one...
Have a peek at thread1-33828, it may give you some directions. The most famous vehicle-aircraft specially designed for low-level flight is “Caspian Monster”.
Regarding "reverse dihedral" (wings clinging, hanging, something like this ^ ) it shouldn’t have much to do with that low...
To be frank, at the very beginning, I am not an expert, therefore do not expect much of a help, but if I try to reply to your query (questions) there will certainly be a couple of benefits for you:
1) First of all the attention shall be brought back to your initial questions and hopefully some...
Gentlemen (in particular wktaylor, BAHarvey and Miper) since you seem very knowledgeable concerning the canard matter I would like to raise a question. It is bugging me for quite a while but being unable to find a satisfactory answer you are my last hope.
All the latest European fighter...
I have never heard of something like that but there may be some truth in it.
The only logical explanation (if it is true) could be because of a starting procedure. Almost by default (do not ask me why) engine #1 (the far left or more correctly starboard engine) is the one, which is started the...
As far as I know a lot of testing (wind tunnel testing) has been done lately on so called “blunt bodies” (where “lately” = 25 years at least). Therefore experimental data on all kind of strange non-meant-to-fly-objects’ Cds must exist somewhere in some “Blunt Bodies’ Aerodynamics”.
The guilty...
If I do remember correctly PT6A (turboprop PT6) is a "wrong flow" engine. Air intake is at rear end and the "bare" engine exhaust is at propeller side (sidewise, more correctly upward). If I am right than there is not much positive thrust unless the exhaust flow is reversed...
Russians made operative WIGs a long time ago (http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ/WIG.html).
Maybe you could consult them somehow?!? It is worth noting that they call them Ekranoplans.
Canard does increas lift when needed - during a climbing (e.g.: at take off phase when it is really crucial). The standard configuration "horizontal rudder" in fact works against plain logic: negative lift (reducing aircraft total lift) - climbing; positive lift - diving, but has some...
Al (Einstein) tought us that everything depends on reference coordinate system. So if my powerplants produce positive (thrust) forces the drag has to be negative. Therefore you shouldn't bother with the sign if absolute value (amount) of the drag seemed all right.
