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Old 12-29-2015, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by jeaton01
Mike, I (and others) have tried ailerons in the past and with the force arrangement of most old timer designs they are not very effective, The Playboy was originally designed with both single dihedral and polyhedral wings and I will do the plans that way. If you want to see what it will be like just look at the 36 inch version, as other than wood sizes the construction will be the same. The 36 inch is a faithful scale down, no part was left behind. The only substantial change is to the spars as the original design as on most free flights is understrength for R/C. All internal changes.
Your 36" in the full 80" size is what I had in mind. I was thinking if it had ailerons I would fix them Playboys don't them. While I have built polyhedral wings it wasn't a requirement for me but was still acceptable. Polyhedral wings are easy to convert to a single dihedral wing, isn't difficult if you have a preference.