Falcon 50/900 Information Needed

[GVFlyer]

Thanks for the info... I was always impressed by the idea of using bleed air to energize the wing and wondered why it never went further than it did . I never really gave much thought to the idea of fine tuning the direction of and delaying the seperation of airflow by using the same kind of technology.

Yes, the use of bleed air for boundary layer control on the F-4 was not a successful strategy and was abandoned. The technology is more mature today.

In reviewing my post I see that I omitted a couple of the benefits of VGs such as the opportunity to have wings of greater thickness or higher taper. This allows development of wings of lower weight and larger fuel volume.

GV

 

[GVFlyer]

The price of fuel is rediculous, hope to see it drop in the coming months!

Roger that! Our single largest cost of operation is fuel even though we have our own fuel farm. Beyond that, fuel costs are killing our industry - from the legacy carriers to the start-ups like Independence.

GV

 

[AA717driver]

Yeah, the price of fuel is through the roof, our budget is blown and we're gettin' nickel-and-dimed by the 'Expense Report Police'!

I had to airline on LOT last week for crissake! Doubt my 96.00Euro laundry bill from Nice is gonna fly...

Oh well, back to sex and bar-b-que!TC