----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrei B." To: Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Autopilot landing system for model aircraft > > For an R/C, you could do something similar. Another alternative would > > be to > > determine the best location computationally, a la CFD. > > > Unfortunately, in aviation, especially in such pioneering areas, there > is no purely theoretical solution. Experimental data is crucial. > ===== > ing. Andrei Boros > Centrul pt. Tehnologia Informatiei > Societatea Romana de Radiodifuziune By "R/C," I meant "radio control," which I would consider different than "aviation." I'm not sure what you meant by "pioneering areas." In the context of the original post, I will stand by the assertion that computatational methods are a viable solution to the determination of static pressure port locations for RADIO CONTROL aircraft. In order of (my) preference, having participated in all 3 (for various non-radio control projects): 1.) Wind tunnel test (or flight) data for the same (or a very similar) configuration 2.) Computational techniques, validated by comparing results with experimental data for known configurations 3.) Renting wind tunnel time, having a test model built with proper mounting hardware and instrumented with pressure taps, and postprocessing the resulting data Jeremy Furtek mailto:jfurtek@agames.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu