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Old 10-31-2002 | 07:21 PM
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mtthomps
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Default Aileron Question

Has anyone ever given a thought to using servo driven variable wing warping, or moving the entire wing halves on both sides of the plane, to effect roll instead of ailerons? It could be engineered into a wing at the root. It seems to me the amount of deflection necessary would be miniscule, considering that we would be working with the entire wing surface. It would have the effect of altering the entire angle of attack of each wing independently. Laminar flow over the wing would be least disturbed because the effective camber of the wing would remain unchanged during the deflection, as is not the case with ailerons.

New term. We could call this "wingerons".