Two Questions...
Where do you put the Spoilers on a wing that is going to use spoilers as banking controls, like ailerons ? I'm currently building a wing to a multi engine airplane, I plan on using full span Fowler flaps using the Hobby Lobby Easy Fowler Flap Hinges, and would like to have spoilers do the banking on the model, just like on the jet airliners I've flown in and watched deploy. I know that all jet airliners do have ailerons, but I also have seen spoilers deploy for turning. I also know of a turboprop business full scale airplane that uses spoilers for all roll control...so it has been done.
Where do I place the spoilers ? Do I place them up near the top center of the wing-or down close to the trailing edge of the wing ?
Has anyone used the Hobby Lobby Easy Fowler Flap Hinges before ? If so, how did they work out ? I have these now on hand for the wing.
I've built and finished the fuselage to my three engine model, and I have built the center section to the wing. I now am starting the outer wing panels, and need to know where to place the roll control spoilers...or if it is even feasible to do so...I also built the model as a "V" tail, and set the "V" angle at 109 Deg. per instructions from the advise from one of my expert club members.
If a "V" tail multi engine model seems a bit weird...Beechcraft did this years ago, and I saw the Twin "V" at Van Nuys airport many years ago. It looked like a Beech Travelair Twin with a "V" tail instead of the standard conventional tail set up, all the rest of the Beech Travelairs seem to have.
I would appreciate any information that would help me finish the models wings...
Soft landings always,
Bobby of Maui