Postby Phil Clark » January 1st, 2016, 8:41 pm
Hi John
The 'hole' in the rear created by cracking the water rudders open is approx. 5" sq......I'm no wiz mathematician (others involved in the project are!!!), but I don't think it'll take 30 seconds to dump 30 litres of water through a 5" square hole, given that the flooded tank is proposed to be a long tube in the 'V' of the hull rather than a conventional 'tank' at the rear of the model.
I know those more heavily involved with the 'internal' design of the Dart have other options they are considering......the 'ingestion/dumping' of water was the 1st idea we came up with and is by the far the simplest.......if it doesn't or can't be made to work to our satisfaction, option B (& probably, C, D, E, F & G will be looked at as well!!!!)
Phil
Phil