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Old 09-20-2010 | 09:51 AM
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Rodney
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Default RE: what is aileron flutter?

Ken in post number 8 above, gave the best description. Everything will flutter if given the proper stimulus, even an iron bar. The only thing that will not flutter is something with infinite stiffness and zero mass, an impossibility. As Ken said, gaps do not cause flutter. The most common cause in models is sloppy hinges, spongy control rods (to small and they flex under load) or insufficient stiffness in the structure itself.