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Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "R/C control surfaces vs. the real t..." 05-14-02, 21:01z  Greetings: I just received the latest copy of Model Airplane News (yes, I've been flying R/C airplanes about a decade longer than I've been flying real ones--I actually started my writing career in R/C magazines), and saw that two companies are marketing models of Patty's 2001 Extra (and if you look closely at the pictures, one even has a blond in the cockpit). Anyway, this got me thinking about a question I've had for a long time. In R/C, the aerobatic folks really do some mind-bending things with these models. They've become very inventive with manipulating traditional control surface movements to increase maneuverability. For example, to increase pitch performance, they mix in some down aileron with up elevator movement to increase pitch performance (for tighten loops, etc.). My question is does any full scale aerobatics aircraft have these kinds of abilities. I would think that with traditional cable or rod linkages it'd be difficult if not impossible to do things like that, but then again, I've learned that I should never underestimate the inventiveness of determined people. The other issue I can think of is with tighter loops, etc., it would increase the G load on a real pilot (not an issue with models), and you guys are on the edge already, so such changes may not be desirable anyway. But to recall some of my research about air combat over the years, isn't it true that humans can take higher G's for short periods of time? I believe I've also read that the effects of G on humans are cumulative, so that just adds to the complexity of it all. Interesting stuff. Thanks for any insights! Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader Version 1.1.0.0 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.76- Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      R/C control surfaces vs. the real t...    Ben Chiu       05-14-02              RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       05-15-02       1            RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben Chiu       05-15-02       2         RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    AlanParkinson       05-17-02       3            RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       05-17-02       4            RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben Chiu       05-17-02       5                 RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    AlanParkinson       05-18-02       6                      Fly by wire stability and control    Ben Chiu       05-19-02       7         RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    ChipB727       05-19-02       8            RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       05-20-02       9                 RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    ChipB727       05-20-02       10                      RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    p51mstg       12-13-02       11                           RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       12-13-02       12                                RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    djpacro       12-13-02       14                                     RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben_Chiu       12-14-02       16                           RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben_Chiu       12-13-02       13                                RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       12-14-02       15                                     RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben_Chiu       12-14-02       17                                          RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       12-14-02       18                                               RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    TorqueRoller       12-15-02       19                                                    RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    DHamblin       12-15-02       20                                                    RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re...    Ben_Chiu       12-16-02       21

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