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Old 06-16-2005 | 12:17 PM
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Rodney
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Default RE: Mass blancing ailerons

3dd, you are confusing mass balance with airodynamic balance. Mass balance is simply having the mass equally distributed about the hinge point so that any acceleration forces do not rotate the surfaces about that hinge point. Airdynamic balance is what makes the airload forces equal at all speeds, i.e. the controling of the air flow force both in front of and behind the control surfaces hinge point.