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Old 01-22-2005 | 03:18 PM
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Default RE: Tip Stall--a misnomer?

Well buckos --
I tried yet another goofy test -
I rigged my lil 3D MiniX with four wing tension wires - --by twisting the panels - the wires would hold a new washin/washout - better yet - twist one panel - the wires caused opposite twist in other panel - anyway ---
holding the model at high AOA - the assymetry really did----nothing to cause a
tip stall - however
dropping into forward flight - the twisted wings required lots of opposite aileon just to hold position.
So far - under these conditions - (stalled out in a hover at about 45 degrees)
the twist in the panels meant absolutely nothing .
Once forward motion begins - it's another story.
I know - this is not real world flying to many.
but to me -controlled flight is flight -no matter how it is accomplished.
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