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Old 10-02-2002 | 01:56 PM
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Default Knife Rudder Issues

Not adversely. First off, you're mixing an ever so slight amount. For example, at 100% rudder throw, you might get only 8% elevator compensation. You will almost never be giving it 100% rudder in a hover, and if you do, it will need the compensation to keep from pushing over onto it's belly.

The usual 20-40% throw you might give in a hover would result in only 1.6 to 3.2% elevator... almost nothing. Again that slight amount would still theoretically be needed anyway since you are pushing lot's of prop wash across your rudder in the hover manuever and it will still have coupling that needs corrected.

At higher speeds and more throws, like in knife-edge... the full 8 to 10% has a greater effect than in the stationary, low-throw hover scenario.

Neo