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Old 10-29-2012 | 07:31 PM
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Default RE: Fly Eagle 1/6 scale F-16 Build Thread

That is my opinion, I think its great design for the wings, slats and ailerons, would be great and like you said ease of removal would be fantastico!! I just think the larger/heavy jet elevators need something. The flight load on a elevator is crazy, plus you have forces twisting, pushing and rotating all at the same time.
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I had a small Yellow F-16 with a similar setup on the ailerons, to ease wing removal. It worked great but I would never trust it to an elevator of such size. It is though, a good concept for LE Flaps. I may be doing something similar on my future F16 project.