I propose here download of my technical paper, written in official frame or for my personnal use.

Technical papers

2003	M. Scherrer : " Calcul complet du centrage et du calage d'un planeur" (CG calculation), written for my personnal use
2004	M. Scherrer, N Quendez & C Döll : " An analytical approach to trimming and performance coupling on flying wings" , written for ICAS 2004 : Presented paper ICAS 2004-4.4.2 in Proceedings of the 24th Congress of the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences, 29/08 - 03/09/2004, Yokohama, Japan.
	M. Scherrer : " Wind tunnel testing of the Savier Canard for Varieze aircraft" See also a video of the test written for Klaus Savier
	M. Scherrer : " Polaires d'un planeur en virage" (Banked sailplane polars), written for la commission formation du CNVV
	M. Scherrer : " Adaptation des formules de performance au cas petit Reynolds, grand allongement" (Simple performance formula adapted to low reynolds, high AR case) , written for my personnal use
	M. Scherrer : " A sailplane oriented way to write classical steady flight equation. ", written for my personnal use
2005	M. Scherrer : " Trim drag calculation : an expression of total induced drag of a trimmed sailplane " written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer : " Calcul des cas de charge en flexion sur l'aile du Jade" Bending loading case for Jade model sailplane - written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer : " Energy extraction from wind : some thought about DS " written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer : " DS airfoil selection considering multidisciplinary criteria" written for my personnal use.
2006	M. Scherrer : " The “Flight Template” A tool for the optimization of sailplane aerodynamicfor cross country flight at preliminary design stage" . Presented at OSTIV 2006- Eskilstuna Attached powerpoint slides : OSTIV  presentation
	M. Scherrer : "Centrage & Stabilité en croquis - Ou comment illustrer les tenats et aboutissant du centrage d'un planeur" Sketches for understanding CG influence on stability & trimming written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer : "Extended longitudinal stability theory at low Re - Application to sailplane models " Insight into specifcities of low Re aerodynamic behavior, and consequences on sailplane model characteristic written for my personnal use.
2007	M. Scherrer :  Which CLs is your model flying ? The flight template explained to & applied to sailplane models : statiscal study of model's flights & optimization strategies. Written for RCSD.
2008	M. Scherrer :  Strategy for optimizing sailplane wing aerodynamics with constraint span Optimisation is not always easy to formalise, leading to uneffective optimisation process. Here is a tool that will help the designer in comparing different design for a fixed span. Written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer :  Center of lift & neutral point Some illustration based on pressure distribution over an airfoil to get a grip on the concepts of center of lift & of neutral point. Some famous results from simplified theory are also discussed using modern tool (Xfoil). Written for my personnal use.
	M. Scherrer :  Portance empennage, y est tu ? Des éléments basés sur les essais en soufflerie du Jibe 2 de Fybiwo, qui viennent alimenter la discussion : "Peut on avoir un stab porteur sur un planeur stable ?". Sans tuer le suspens la réponse est "oui", bonne lecture ! Result on tailplane lift extracted from Wind tunnel result of Jibe 2 racer (Flybiwo). - In French - Written for my personnal use.
2011	M. Scherrer & S. Melber :  New winglet for LS 6 - Winglet aerodynamic design experience & RANS analysis using TAU (DLR) Presented at OSTIV congress 2010 - Szeged

Other articles

2003

M. Scherrer : " Choisir un profil pour un planeur modèle réduit" (Choosing an airfoil for a sailplane model), written for Modèle magazine

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