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Old 02-24-2018 | 07:13 AM
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Would a slight toe-in on jet tip tanks track better in the air ?
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Don't see it, its just going to add tip drag and possibly give you adverse (opposite) yaw
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It is toe out on some full size aircrafts, the most noticeable being the F18F, but on a model I would just leave them at 0°.
However you can put them at a slight down angle, maybe 1° this will compensate the shift of the center of push.
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The super hornet is angled out for separation issues (ie dropping or punching stuff off so it doesn’t come back and bump into you). So not necessary for a model

The down angle of tanks on the FS is so they are aligned with the relative wind for normal flight (ie compensate for angle of attack). Makes sense in a model for lowest drag. For tip tanks I would think same incidence as the wing but there are smarter people here

hope it helps!

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Thanks for the help guys.
So if I understand correctly, for a model, the wing tip tanks should be parallel to each other and same incidence as the horiz stab (which has 0* incidence in flight). Right ?
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I think the same incidence as the wing, but there are smarter people out there. Yes parallel

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