Originally posted by William Robison
Paul"
ou missed the point. Most of the "Really fast planes" have a taper ratio far greater than 4:1. But there were exceptions. Check the tail feathers of the X-15. No trailing taper at all. "
"Wrong, sir. Every system has a point at which it will flutter. Effort is always made to have that point outside the normal operating range, but it's there.
Viewing the crash:
It fluttered,
. He stuttered."
Bill.
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My bad!
I keep neglecting the applicability of Mach 3.5 flight to Mach .035 flight.
I assure you the very next plane I make from Inconel X with an XLR rocket motor will have a wedge shaped horizontal.
And I'll make every effort to keep the plane flying slower than it possibly can in any eventuality, to keep below the flutter threshold.