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Old 02-03-2011 | 01:29 PM
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Default RE: 4 surface elevon vs aileron/elevator

No need to continue the search. We are in agreement here.

It's my belief that the Russian and American fighter FCS are programmed differently. Whereas the American fighters will drastically reduce or remove completely the roll control from the ailerons and transfer it to the tailerons when the flaps/ailerons are drooped, the Russians merely reduce the flaperon throw to minimize adverse yaw with the flaperons and taileron roll control operating full-time.

Americans use finesse and the Russians use brute force to accomplish the same thing.

ORIGINAL: MaxThrottle
I'm trying to find one of the footages that show this, where like I said you had a strong taileron movement with what appeared to be none from the flapperons. The ratio is handled by the FCS either way or at least that's what my inlaws advised.