Over-Thick Control Surfaces
- Thread starter Wacobipe
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Wacobipe
100cc
There is a great center hinging idea over on "the site that shall not be named" that I plan to use as the basis for my design. It is on a Comp-ARF airframe but I think is easily adapted to foam core. I'll perhaps start my build thread shortly and use that design mod as the start of the discussion.
The hinge on that build uses bushings with a Carbon Fiber rod running the length of the control surface, held in with a small cap of epoxy on both ends...permanent but easy to remove if you ever want to by using a Dremel to remove the small epoxy plug.
The hinge on that build uses bushings with a Carbon Fiber rod running the length of the control surface, held in with a small cap of epoxy on both ends...permanent but easy to remove if you ever want to by using a Dremel to remove the small epoxy plug.
lakerider8
50cc
Earle... How the heck did you lose an eye? You were much better looking in your younger years! (just sayin) 
nthego:
nthego:vatechguy3
30cc
And boy does it show!!!
Sorry Earle, just couldnt pass that up!
Tony
Bartman
Defender of the Noob!
Earle,
I PM'd Kevin Kimball about the ailerons because I had always understood it that the SS ailerons only made it to the S1-11B and Model 12 (and, unofficially as they were copied by Hale Wallace at Steen Aero Lab, the S1-SS), here's what he wrote back;
[SIZE= 13px][COLOR= #3E454C]the S1T did not have SS ailerons. It had Symmetrical ailerons AKA round ailerons. These were thicker than the wing and were shaped like a snow cone, round nose to the point at trailing edge. The idea was to be easer to seal but the stick loads were really high. So, my buddy Ben Morphew suggested they copy the spades that were on zlin 526 ailerons and that lowered the forces enough to fly. curtis' aerodynamically boosted ailerons, the actual name, were developed for the super stinker and model 12 designs.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
I PM'd Kevin Kimball about the ailerons because I had always understood it that the SS ailerons only made it to the S1-11B and Model 12 (and, unofficially as they were copied by Hale Wallace at Steen Aero Lab, the S1-SS), here's what he wrote back;
[SIZE= 13px][COLOR= #3E454C]the S1T did not have SS ailerons. It had Symmetrical ailerons AKA round ailerons. These were thicker than the wing and were shaped like a snow cone, round nose to the point at trailing edge. The idea was to be easer to seal but the stick loads were really high. So, my buddy Ben Morphew suggested they copy the spades that were on zlin 526 ailerons and that lowered the forces enough to fly. curtis' aerodynamically boosted ailerons, the actual name, were developed for the super stinker and model 12 designs.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Pistolera
HEY!..GET OUTTA MY TREE!
Yes, I guess I was mnisunderstanding the term "SS". The T did not have SS ailerons, but did have the rounded leading edge that was a little thicker than the wing, as you described and I showed in my crude drawing. The SS ailerons, had the "recessed" hinge point (for lack of a better term, ala Sukhoi, that lets the nose (LE) of the aileron protrude into the slipstream as it's deflected.
Wonder if the SS type would have any benefit for IMAC planes?
Wonder if the SS type would have any benefit for IMAC planes?
Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
I did some work on my Hempel Cub last night that is center hinged and I pulled the rods out to inspect the bushings that were getting sloppy. This is a constant chord and thickness airfoil wing so it's easy. The part that messes me up is to do center hinging on an aerobatic wing is the thickness change also means the aileron LE radius changes which will mean the hinge line cut from the foam core wing will actually be tapered. I see a lot of drawing and math ahead.