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Old 03-26-2011 | 07:15 PM
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Default RE: Another Skymaster Viper


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That is a very tall vertical fin on the Viper, I have mine with very little movement in a flight mode and a bit more in the landing configuration. When you start putting a lot of throw on that large of a fin you induce a large amount of side load (might be why people have had there fins depart there airplane). Just like on a full size jet, the rudder throw is greatly reduced at higher and higher speeds.
Great point, but without a lot of deflection, it takes a lot or speed to hold knife edge without losing a lot of altitude.