Date:	Thu, 27 Apr 1995 22:03:00 -1000
From:	jim.oliver@welcom.gen.nz (Jim Oliver)
Message-Id: <9504290432043698@welcom.gen.nz>
Organization: WELCOM BBS
Subject: Re: bernoulli lift vs re

sasaki@netopd.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) wrote :
MS>
MS>Okay, I really give up now. I'm not going to say any more because this
MS>is sucking up lots of my time and I would rather be out flying kites,
MS>or designing them and building them.
MS>
MS>I do have a few things to say about Dave Lord's recent note though:
MS>
edited (In fact I have edited it mercilessley)
    
> That's why I've spent so much time thinking about this. 

So have I.    
    
MS>The process of describing how lift is generated is complex, and your

I said that didn't I ?
        
MS>model and description is simple minded and incorrect. I disagree with
MS>what you say and you call me names.

I didn't call you names, but you refused to talk to me :-))))))    

MS>I did, and your example is nonsense.

The whole damn discussion was nonsense in relation to KITES.    

MS>I'm giving up not because I don't enjoy talking about these things,
MS>but because you folks have stopped trying to explain things, and have

It's impossible to explain, it's just too damn complex and in the end 
irrelevant to kites.    

MS>, but I'm sure it is uninteresting to rec.kites readers.

Right on the money there, if we are going to talk "technicalities" then why 
can't we talk about the real matters of interest to kiters. The relationship 
of the main parameters, i.e mass, drag, CoG and CoP, these are by far the 
more important issues in any kite design, in fact they are critical in most. 
   
Or have I got it wrong too ?

MS>It was fun folks. 

Masochist ! <g>
        
MS>Kites are great!
    
Keep one up at all times Marty.

    jim.oliver@welcom.gen.nz
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