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V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/12/2008 8:50:43 PM   
RabC


 

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Status: offline 		Sorry guys quite new to pylon.
I am designing my own racer and have checked out quite a few models,wondering if a vtail should or should not be applied,anybody know the pros n cons?
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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/12/2008 9:39:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Build one of each and you'll have your answer as to which works best for you Some will say V tails have more drag and visa versa while conventional tails have the better advantage or less than a V tail,,, they both work well and if you happen to lose a one of the V tail servos you can still land the plane

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/12/2008 11:41:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Cheers for the help,like the still being able to land with a missing limb thing,ill work with the vtail for a while and see how it goes.

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/13/2008 12:44:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		As much as I love Club 40 and conventional tail airplanes, I do believe the V-tail has aerodynamic advantages. At the minimum, it allows you to have all of the linkage internal. Then there are the drag intersections. Plus the V-tail is better in the turbulent air coming off the wing.

However, the V-tail is more work to get lined up properly and the radio programming is more difficult.

If you want the last nth degree of advantage, go with the V-tail. If you want the ease of configuration and building, go with a standard tail.

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/13/2008 7:20:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		it's all about losing the drag so i think the v tail is the one plus they look the buisness,not sure how rudder and elevator are mixed,take it both up is up n vise versa for down,both swinging in the same direction for yaw,is that how it works yea?

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/13/2008 11:26:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Does anyone have pics of the vtail configuration,linkages and so on,and any special servos it's a 15 size racer(strong n small) futaba compatable cheers.

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/14/2008 2:44:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's not rocket science. One servo to each control surface. The trick happens in your transmitter's ability to do V-tail.
On my 1/2A plane I just made up a rod that splits off into two and again hooks to each control surface. I don't have rudder tho.


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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/15/2008 1:09:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Supertrc.com has some good pictures in the instructions for their Hurrikane.

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/17/2008 10:37:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		just checked it dude defo not rocket science and im a bit more clued into vtail buisness,i take it there is no rudder with vtail action then,revert to steerable landing gear or just get it in the air pronto?

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/17/2008 10:39:04 PM   
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Status: online 		You can get rudder by mixing each elevator half. One will go up, and the other down. You can achieve a pretty effective rudder using this type of mixing. Most Computer Radios have a v-tail mixing option to achieve this.

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RE: V TAIL ADVANTAGE? - 1/24/2008 9:46:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea my radio can deal with that.
Found out the vtail cuts down on parasite drag also the t tail and vtail are way more efficient due to the fact they are situated away from the fuselage vortex.
cheers! guys for the great help the vtail is gonna be my choice for the wepon,just have to think about the rest of it now

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