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Old 08-31-2009 | 04:11 PM
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Rodney
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Default RE: Aileron Question

The real answer is quite a bit more complex than stated in most comment above. It depends greatly on how the rest of the plane is set up. For an extreme example, look at the tail less designs that exist. The ailerons are set up as elevons and provide both roll and pitch couplings. If the CL is ahead of the CG, example A will pitch the nose up. I have had flaps on some planes that, when lowered, caused a pitch down attitude while such action generally causes a pitch up attitude requiring elevator correction to land with flaps.