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Old 04-20-2013 | 02:31 PM
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Rodney
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Default RE: tape for aileron gap is noisey

Taping the gap does not necessarily eliminate flutter, it merrily changes the frequency that it will happen as it makes the ailerons slightly stiffer. The stiffer the aileron structure, the higher the frequency at which flutter will occur. Now, everything will flutter (even an iron bar) if the stimulus is of the proper frequency. The only structure that wil not flutter is one with infinite stiffness and no mass ( a physical impossibility).