You want the gap small to minimise air flow from the high pressure side to the low pressure side. Mind you, the KR elevator is so effective that it might not matter all that much. My gap is about 2 mm. I wonder how much the tail surface flexes in flight and whether this could cause binding if too many hinges were used. I think there is a thread on this. Check the archives.
John The Martindale Family 29 Jane Circuit Toormina NSW 2452 Australia ph: 61 2 66 584767 email: johnja...@optusnet.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Smith" <mercedesm...@yahoo.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:52 AM Subject: Re: KR> Another tail section question > > > Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > And don't forget that the "new standard" for those hinges is the "Dr. Dean > hinge", shown at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/dean_hinge/ ... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > Hi Mark, > > > > I am using the Dr. Dean hinges, but I am keeping the "standard plans airfoil shapes". I don't see anywhere on the plans where it tells you how to form that gap. From what I see on the plans it looks as though there is no gap .Maybe I'm just not reading the plans correctly. I just made mine about 1/8 of an inch. > > > > I was wondering how much gap everyone else has. > > > > I am concerned that I don't get a binding condition, cause by having that gap to tight. > > > > Ron Smith > Kr2ssxl > Cypress Ca U.S.A. > mercedesm...@yahoo.com > http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
