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Old 08-14-2006 | 12:33 PM
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Tall Paul
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Default RE: flutter in aileron and flaps

ORIGINAL: slopemeno

Yes, Sparky...er Tall Pauls diagram reduces the servo torque, but it buys you resistance to flutter. Flutter usually doesnt start because the servo cant hold position, it starts because of linkage slop.

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Or too heavy a surface hanging off the hinges.
Or a long thin surface, with the control horn at one end.
The Goldberg Tiger II was notorious for this. Changing from a single servo in the center to two servos for the ailerons, each a couple bays out from the center fixes that problem.