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Old 07-24-2003, 05:14 AM
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Default All-moving wing tips

Originally posted by Mr_Ed
You may want to research a family of light planes built in Germany in the 1920's and 30's. The early Klemm's used such a configuration for roll control.

Mr Ed
I did not find anything on the Klemm aircraft, but here is a interesting technical paper from NASA http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/PDF/tp3258.pdf

It basically coupled conventional ailerons and tiperons. It achieved roll control DEEP into a stall of 70 degrees AoA!!!