REFLECTOR: PITCH & ROLL TRIM
Alex Balic
alex157 at direcway.com
Wed Oct 13 10:53:59 CDT 2004
Be careful Tom, at least with the elevator trim- it won't work like you
think- the "elevator" on a canard is really a fowler flap and won't take
trim like a normal elevator would- I would guess that the trim tab would
need to be about 30% the size of the elevator to get the effect that you
want, and then it would destroy the effect that the flap produces- The trim
tabs should work on the ailerons though......
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Tom Martino
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:52 AM
To: Velocity Email List (E-mail)
Subject: REFLECTOR: PITCH & ROLL TRIM
I like most everything about the Velocity design except for the pitch and
roll trim. So I am finally doing something about it. I am installing tiny
trim servos in the elevator and one aileron and outfitting them with piano
hinged trim tabs. The wires will be run inside the torque tubes. I am
happy to be eliminating that clunky linear activator and the cumbersome
fiberglass trim spring on the canard and the string & spring roll trim.
Anyone else ever do this?
BTW I have forgotten to post the paint designs I promised
but its
been difficult to get my graphic artist to send me the digitals. All I have
now are large print-outs. They should be coming soon.
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