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Old 12-13-2005 | 07:18 PM
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Default RE: Ultimate .46 a/c aileron differentials

Since introducing this thread I ran into someone who wanted pictures. So I did one.

What has interested me more than anything is the aerodynamic question I'll never see answered since I'm not going to use the provided hardware nor the WM layout. But it is an interesting aerodynamic question.

When you're rolling that model with it's "variably differential" ailerons, that setup is going to cause more lift and drag on one side. And on the side that's giving less l/d, there is going to be a fairly large difference in the l/d between the top and bottom wing. And the difference in the side-to-side l/d is also going to be working on the yaw axis. Wonder what all that does to the models propensity to snap?