Originally Posted by
Patrick
I've got an aluminum airplane with a lot of bumps, brackets, bolts, and protrusions under the belly. I'd like to clean up the airflow under there, and reduce drag...
One idea is to adhere some fabric to the sheet metal on the underside of the fuselage, and stretch that fabric across the bottom of the fuselage, in effect 'burying' a lot of protrusions and thus smoothing the airflow.
Has anyone done anything similar on their plane...? Any ideas of what kind of fabric and adhesive to use...? I have a fair bit of experience with metals, but none with fabric.
Thoughts....?
Thanks,
Patrick Hoyt
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