Brent, Rick is right on with his great post, print it and glue it to the top of your flight box for future reference.
Good Thermal Hunting Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Douglas, Brent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Soaring Digest" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Supra ? Who couples flaps to ailerons?: Drela repost > Brent, > > The wonderful thing about this hobby is that you don't have to > believe anyone! Give the options a personal flight test and decide > for yourself what you like the best. Aircraft design theory is a > wonderful thing but in the end what you are able to demonstrate for > yourself needs to be the deciding factor. > > Don't discount that in the future, as your skills progress, you may > find a different answer to the same question. Strange but true. > > Hope this helps > Rick > > > At 09:23 AM 8/21/2006, Douglas, Brent wrote: > >Now I'm really confused, even though I know the 'right' answer. I had a > >very good flyer sell me on the opposite - just ailerons for turning, > >keeping the center section of the wing 'clean'. > > > >I'm torn here - leverage really favors the outer surface, how much do > >you really get from the flap help? > > > >Lift, > >B. > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > >"subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and > >unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME > >turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL > >are generally NOT in text format > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
