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Old 12-01-2005 | 01:13 PM
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Dr1Driver
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Default RE: Control surface trailing edges

It's already been proven, Torino, look it up. No one has ever said a squared T.E. AVOIDS flutter on R/C models. It HELPS PREVENT flutter, especially at higher speeds. Other things that help prevent flutter are stiff linkage, mechanical advantage, stiff surfaces, and dynamic balancing of the surface. Would you believe it may be beneficial for the L.E. of the surface to be slightly thicker than the T.E. of what it's attached to? Its' true.

Take a look at a full size plane close up. There are bumps and edges all over it, some of them square. It's very NON-aerodynamic in micro. Remember, what works in full size doesn't always work in models, and vice-versa. Although the size of the airplane changes, the size of the air molecules doesn't.

Birds are not airplanes. If an R/C airplane could be built TOTALLY like a bird, THEN you could compare them.

'nuff said.

Dr.1