Originally posted by AQ500
I misread the post above about the pipe. It would be nice if everything was staright forward. The change in momentum could be used to fin the force of lift on the entire stab if you knew all of the variables. I think it would be nearly impossible to calculate the load on the control surface itself off of the force of lift off of the entire stab
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you're right... nearly impossible to calculate using any sort of change in momentum. . Stick with the pressure distributions. I was climbing that tree to point out a flaw in the initial assumptions.
So whats the home message for rplumbo? Get the pressure distribution and compute the surface integral over the control surface? Gee... that sounds interersting... might try it myself.
Well, that was refreshing.... the joys of RCU.
So, rplumbo... what do you think?
p.s.
I'll have to dig through some old books to get streamlines straight (not that I've been convinced I'm wrong or anything
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