RCU Forums - View Single Post - Flaperons, GP Pitts Special
View Single Post
Old 06-08-2018 | 07:40 PM
  #6  
speedracerntrixie's Avatar
speedracerntrixie
My Feedback: (29)
 
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 9,709
Received 204 Likes on 175 Posts
From: Happy Valley, Oregon
Default

I agree that attempting flaperons on a Pitts is almost certainly result in a Monokote bag of busted up wood. I am going out on a limb and guess that the reason for wanting to do this is that the airplane is landing faster then what you feel it should. My question is where is the CG and have any flight tests been done to evaluate the CG position? My first impression is that if the airplane is landing fast is that the CG is on the forward side and a major contributor to the landing characteristics.