<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">The Kaos wing was a TLAR section of approximately 15% thickness. Root chord was around 13" and tip chord was around 10"
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with a span of around 60"
, in double tapered planform. The Super Kaos was one of the better flying planes of the day and trained many a budding pattern pilot, including me. HOWEVER, the ribs were pretty much all different; shapes, thicknesses, LE TE all tended to be a little different and matched poorly to the overall structure. That is, compared to most things we see today.<BR>
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Another HOWEVER: it flew extremely well even though the wing surfaces were often uneven. It flew better than the later releases called the UDDER CHAOS or Ultimate Kaos or something like that. The later versions were utilising the world famous Curare wing, which, on the Curare, worked incredibly well. It was the World Champ airplane after all, Hanno Prettner notwithstanding. On the Super Kaos, it behaved doggy. OMO<BR>
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The Prophecy airfoil, as the story was re-told, came from FS, or fish shape. Nature given the chance, will be more efficient in her designs, one way or another. So the copying here was pure genius. Or not.<BR>
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Matt K<BR>
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Date:9/4/2003 10:42:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:randy10926@comcast.net">randy10926@comcast.net</A><BR>
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Anyone know what wing the KAOS and Prophecy uses. I recently got a Kaos kit <BR>
and the plans for a KOAS 90. Thinking to building a Kaos 90 with Prophecy <BR>
wings. I would like to use one of the wing programs to generate a balsa built <BR>
up wing. For some reason I would like to really build something.<BR>
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Randy</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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