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About |
B2Streamlines.com is owned and
operated by Bill and Bunny (B2) Kuhlman. Our goal
is to provide a source of information on unique aviation
topics and attempt to fulfill the specialized needs of
aircraft modelers worldwide. Tailless and other
unconventional planforms are a high priority for this web
site. This site contains pages of information and photos,
downloadable articles and software, plus links to outside
sources which are of interest to modelers.
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Book
Store
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B2Streamlines
sells aviation books, both new and used. Click
here to enter the B2Streamlines book store.
Many of the books published by B2Streamlines,
available as printed volumes, are now available as
downloadable PDFs. This is of great benefit to overseas
customers who wish to avoid mailing costs.
All
PRINTED books published by B2Streamlines
are now priced at 50% off the regular price.
Some books are
available only in limited quantity.
All
PayPal "Add to Cart" buttons reflect the
discounted price.
And there are well over 100 books on the ever growing
Pre-Read Books list.
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RC
Soaring Digest
monthly magazine
FREE!
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B2Streamlines
also publishes R/C Soaring Digest, a monthly
magazine for RC soaring enthusiasts. Information concerning
R/C Soaring Digest is always available at the
RC Soaring Digest web site.
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Preprints |
B2Streamlines now offers a
preprint service. Preprints get an article credit, feedback,
and attention prior to submission to a journal for formal
peer review. See about
preprints.
The dynamic
soaring of salmon. How salmon gain upstream
thrust from pressure gradients and extract energy from
velocity shears. Plus other strategies for upstream energy
minimization. Authored by Philip Randolph Patten.
Isaac NewtonÕs
falsely dismissed theory of inertially caused pressure
resistance. NewtonÕs theory vs.
dÕAlembertÕs paradox, each correct within differing
conditions not knowable in the 18th century. 42 pages,
20,571 words. Authored by Philip Randolph Patten.
Isaac Newton's
theory of inertially caused pressure resistance,
reinstated. Flow
separations
and instability drag as the mechanisms of NewtonÕs theory
and the theoryÕs defeat by dÕAlembertÕs paradox, each
correct within conditions
only differentiated in the 19th century. An
amusingly convoluted
history. 14 pages, 5474 words (plus endnotes). This is a
shortened version of the above aimed at journal
publication. Authored by Philip Randolph
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FFA
Diamant
Archive
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B2Streamlines/RC
Soaring Digest is pleased to be able to
make available the Diamant
Archive containing materials
belonging to Art T. Babiarz, Jr., owner and caretaker of
Flug- und
Fahrzeugwerke AG Diamant 16.5, serial number 012,
N1193, XX. This vast amount of material is more than likely
the largest
collection of FFA Diamant information in existence.
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Al Backstrom Plans
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Al Backstrom has graciously allowed B2Streamlines
to
archive several of his plan sets for free flight profile
scale models of various tailless aircraft: Arnoux's Simplex,
Al's own WPB-1, Fauvel's AV-10, two Lippisch Deltas, and
Waterman's Aerobile. Click
here for the plans Index and links to all plans
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ON THE 'WING...
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Our "On the 'Wing..." column, focused on RC
tailless sailplanes, has been published in RC Soaring
Digest since 1988. There is a complete "On
the 'Wing..." article index. There are four "On the
'Wing..." books, all available as downloadable PDFs from the
B2Streamlines book store. To purchase any or all of these
volumes, go to this page.
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WINGLINKS |
Information sources for tailless and/or
unconventional aircraft. |
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AEROLINKS |
Information sources for conventional aircraft. |
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PLOTTERS |
Airfoil plotting programs for the Macintosh
OS, "helpers" for CAD applications (Mac and Windows), etc.,
and information about ChipmunkBASIC. |
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