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Old 07-14-2005, 09:28 PM
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Default RE: Ailerons, How they work

Most of the comments here , rely on the very common layout of full scale craft .
That is, the wings provide most of the lift.
Now look at a craft which has huge vertical plates -located at the CG (or lots of side area).
On the TENSOR-as an example --banking it -or to state it more correctly , rolling from the horizontal wing position, the lift does not change much-- sorta like a box configuration-where any two sides will provide same amount of lift.
The crazy thing that happens --is that the box -tilted to 45 degrees -becomes quite stable ---
Anyway - the response of these craft is quite interesting .
If you have not tried em -and you think you have a thorough grasp of "what makes it fly", you may be in for a surprise.