Jake Anderson wrote:
It takes much higher actuator forces if the vanes are hinged at the
top. For supersonic flows, the center of pressure is in the middle of the
plate.
Still, by pivoting it only slightly above the center of pressure you can
arrange for the actuator forces to be reasonable, whil
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At 04:01 PM 4/19/2004 +1000, you wrote:
>just something i noticed when looking at your vane vehicle
>it looks like the vanes are pivoted in the center, wouldnt that make them
>unstable in the gas flow (ie fluttering when at 0 angle) and r
