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Old 11-06-2017 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by stearman70
Hello. I have a question. What if I move upward 1/8 "both ailerons? the nose would rise or fall? My problem is that I did a plane and to be aligned the ailerons with the central part of the wing trailing edge, are 1/8 "below the tip of each wing. The plane is balanced according to the plane but flight rises as if it were heavy-tailed.Thanks in advance for your answer.
If the ailerons are full span "strip ailerons" then you have changed the shape of the airfoil for the whole wing. But since you mention the "central part of the wing..." I'm assuming that they are conventional outboard ailerons. In that case raising the ailerons by that much is going to strongly washout the wings. And by "washout the wings" the effect is to make the outer portion of the wings behave like they are strongly warped so that the tips are strongly reduced in incidence angle compared to the inner portion.

This will greatly reduce the risk of tip stalling and in the case of a heavy wing loading aid in preventing any "slow speed surprises". But it is NOT an ideal solution unless it is required to prevent some other more risky situation. And usually such "situations" are linked with an overly heavy wing loading for the size of the model.