Re: [RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why?

2004-02-28 Thread Y C Lui
I think the prime reason of using top actuated arrangement is to reduce the amount of protrusion on the wing surface and hence cut down the drag . On my Pike WR, the end of the control horn for the flap is flush with the top surface of the wing. The length of the control horn is equal to the thick

Re: [RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why?

2004-02-28 Thread Harley Michaelis
WA. 99362 - Original Message - From: "Steve Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "rc Soaring Exchange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:59 PM Subject: [RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why? > Why do the designers go with bottom hing

Re: [RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why?

2004-02-28 Thread Bob Pope
Less Drag would be an RDS system, get rid of those big ole tunnels. BP Ben Diss wrote: Less drag. Steve Gibson wrote: Why do the designers go with bottom hinged, but top actuated flaps? Why complicate things on setup geometry and cutting holes in wings. Isn't a bottom hinged, bottom actuated fl

Re: [RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why?

2004-02-28 Thread Ben Diss
Less drag. Steve Gibson wrote: Why do the designers go with bottom hinged, but top actuated flaps? Why complicate things on setup geometry and cutting holes in wings. Isn't a bottom hinged, bottom actuated flap just as effective and easier to install? (Spell check completed ! ) RCSE-List facili

[RCSE] Bottom hinged, top actuated flaps, Why?

2004-02-28 Thread Steve Gibson
Why do the designers go with bottom hinged, but top actuated flaps? Why complicate things on setup geometry and cutting holes in wings. Isn't a bottom hinged, bottom actuated flap just as effective and easier to install? (Spell check completed ! ) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane