RCU Forums - View Single Post - flutter in aileron and flaps
View Single Post
Old 08-18-2006 | 08:33 AM
  #40  
da Rock
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 11,517
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
From: Near Pfafftown NC
Default RE: flutter in aileron and flaps

The new ones still only give me 1/2 inch length from the control surface to the center of the hole where the clevis is inserted. Is that going to be long enough for a 3 meter sailplane?
On average, you'd probably want a horn that's close to 1" tall. I just measured the horns I use on a 3m and the outer hole is 7/8" from the bottom of the horn. The throw I'd get from that 7/8" will be greater by half the thickness of the aileron it's bolted to. So that horn can deliver one inch of lever. It's only a medium duty horn. Heavy duty horns are taller.