Gotta go with Craig here. Everything I've read says that mass balancing a control surface decreases the chance of flutter.... http://www.fly-imaa.org/imaa/hfarticles/howto/v6-1-36.html
I'm suprised I haven't seen a DS plane with mass balances yet. At 07:07 AM 2/22/03 -0800, wrote: >Craig Toutolmin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >: Lighter surfaces minimize amplitude. Surfaces counterbalanced to the hinge >: line will minimize the amplitude. Servos with a higher spring constant > >I have to question the statement about counterbalancing. The >kind of mass we are concerned with is rotational mass, i.e. moment >of inertia. Counterbalancing increases MI, the opposite of what we >want. > >-harold > >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. > 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.
