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March 14, 2012 By Jack Griffin

First look at an AC72 wing

 

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Thanks to Pierre at VSAIL for this photo of the Artemis (non) surrogate yacht (an ORMA 60).
I’ve marked up Pierre’s photo to show that Artemis is testing a wing with six flaps. The very top flap is a “two-element” setup; the lower five flaps are part of a “three-element” setup.

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Artemis A72 wing: 6 flaps, 3 elements, but how many slots?

It will be interesting to see what we can learn about the control systems for this wing. More on that in a future article.

JJG

 

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