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Old 02-15-2002 | 11:38 PM
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Default control surface flutter

Originally posted by Rotaryphile
Addition of mass balancers can make even competition fun-fly models virtually flutter-proof, when without balancers, they would flutter badly at anything over 30 MPH or so.
What is a "mass balancer"? Are you talking about the counterbalance used on some control surfaces? I'm talking about the part that extends forward fromt he hinge line.