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Old 05-15-2013, 12:51 PM
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Default RE: Contra Rotating Propeller Drive for f3a 2m Pattern Planes


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What is less clear is where to place the TVC for the vertical stab. The standard single prop drives worked well with a TVC in yaw of around 0.8. The contra seems to require a TVC in yaw of well over 1. The easiest way to get that is with additional vertical area on the main fin, keeping all else the same. Fin shape also plays a role I believe: less chord and greater span,while increasing areaby 15% at least
Based on Dean Pappas' plankmodel....TVC in Yawisabout1.2. It implies prettyfair stability in yaw
Dean, did you include rudder area in your plank model?