Mike,

At the Dayton Airshow, Dryden Research Center had one of their F-15's with the elastmeric wing. Basically they have a leading edge flap that they mix in with the ailerons, this twists the wing and gives directional control.

Wow, wing warping. It took us a hundred years to get back to twisting the wing.

Anyway, I would imagine that a derivitive of this concept might be the ticket to some serious weight lifting and short field work. The mixing would be the trickest part and possibly should have a knob that could override the mix. A gyro could be helpful to if you set it to think it's flying level when it is acually at a high AOA.

Just a thought. have fun tinkering!

Darrin


P.S You should see parts out of a autoclave!!! Their amazing!!!
Heat, Vacuum, and Pressure.