Lee Elliott wrote:

> 
> On Thursday 16 December 2004 21:17, Jon S Berndt wrote:
> [snip...]
> >
> > Also, ask yourself the question, does the normalized value of,
> > say, 0.5 really correspond to 30 degrees of flaps when the
> > total range is 0 to 60?
> >
> 
> Are you not assuming a linear transition here?  It doesn't have
> to be.
> 

How do FDMs handle Fowler flaps? i.e. the first part of the action extends
the flap rearwards without any rotation, acting only to increase wing area,
then for the rest of the action rotate downwards? 

Easy enough to 3d model with a normalized input: translation then rotation.

Just curious

Vivian



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