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Old 10-01-2003 | 09:31 AM
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Default RE: rudder control

Ok, let's get back to reality here. But first, as ridiculous as this design is, there is no reason why you couldn't angle the hinge line of your Rudder. You probably won't get a chance to use it anyway.

When it comes to designing ANYTHING, remember this: "Form follows Function". That means you don't do anything unless there is a reason for it.

Why does the back of the fuselage sweep up like the Statue Of Liberty's arm? Is there a reason for this? Or are you doing it because it "Looks Cool"?

How many planes have you seen where the rear of the fuse does that? None.

Do you know why?

Because it doesn't make sense.

The combination of the air hitting the front of it and the drag induced at the back of it would cause this plane to constantly want to loop as it flies.

There is a reason why the rear of a Fuselage is straight. It is to MINIMIZE DRAG.

Your design seem to be trying to defy it, and what you wind up with is a "Form in search of a Function".

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. There is a reason why airplanes look the way they do. If you insist on scratch-building your own design, at least stick to what the people much more knowledgable than you have already discovered.

In other words:

All of the mistakes have already been made, why make them all over again?