Originally posted by Ernie Misner
Can't say as I have *seen* it, but I don't know why a rudder would be any less prone to flutter than any other hinged control surface.[/B]
You may be correct, but most flutter happens on control surfaces where there is a pressure difference between the two sides, The only time that happens with a rudder is in knife edge. I'm only asking because I've never heard of a rudder flutter, on either real or model planes.
