Thank you, the D.J werks website is excellent and answered all my questions but one. Does the same rule hold for the areas of the ruddervators vs.the stab. areas? >From: Dick Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Sam Cardinal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [RCSE] V-Tail Area? >Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:42:39 -0400 > >Sam, > >You asked: > >>When converting a conventional tail plane to a V- Tail, what should >>the area of the V-Tail be? Should it equal the areas of the old >>vert. and horiz. stabs? Is there a rule of thumb for this? > > >The rule of thumb is to use equal total areas. For a nice summary of >the issue, see > >http://www.bright.net/~djwerks/askjd/askdesign.html > >Regards, > >Dick >-- >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Dr. Richard C. Williamson Phone: 781-981-7857 >Room C-317 FAX: 781-981-0122 >Lincoln Laboratory Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Massachusetts Institute of Technology >244 Wood Street >Lexington, MA 02420-9108 >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
