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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 16. "RE: R/C control surfaces vs. the re..." 12-14-02, 19:12z  Greetings Dave: > A KZ-8 modified by Wagner back in the 60's had interconnection between > the elevator and flap. He went on to develop the Acrostar which also > connected the ailerons to the flaps and elevator. Apparently it worked > well. Eric Muller flew it in the 70's and early 80's. Very interesting. Any idea why he stopped flying it? > Gordon Price's Ultimate 10-100 had flap/elevator interconnection as did > at least one modified Yak 55. I wonder if the net gain was negligible in comparison to the added weight/complexity. It'd be interesting to know what happened. > The Cranfield aeroplane had, when first built, a conventional control > system (still has as far as I know). > > I've always pushed aileron travel as far as I could, as mentioned by > some-one else there's usually a geometry limitation before the > aerodynamics gives up. Thanks for the information, Dave! Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.80- Remove | 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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