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Originally posted by JLambCWU View PostANY aircraft will be lacking in control when the AoA gets too high. (hence the wing drop) A single TV nozel won’t change this.
Roll and pitch authority stays fine into really, really high alpha, both with vectoring and without. All that requires is good CG, which you probably have never tried.
Yaw authority on the other hand goes down the drain without vectoring, and remains solid with. So for yaw, which this really boils down to, vectoring is day and night difference.
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Well it took longer than I'd thought (go figure) but the leading edge flaps are done. Thin plastic from a Xmas wrap box was used to cover the bottom wing gaps- these slide back over the wing as the flap comes down. I have them on a 3 position switch and deployment is slowed to 2 seconds- flight modes are also being used, allowing for separate trims in each position (Hugh W. will approve :).
Weight gain is about 20 grams per wing- haven't re-checked the CG yet but may be able to remove most of the lead added for the maiden flights.
I'm really looking forward to trying the flaps out in flight, but that will probably have to wait 'till spring. Now on to the wing pylons...
Merry Christmas all!
Tom
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Originally posted by Pogo View PostWell it took longer than I'd thought (go figure) but the leading edge flaps are done. Thin plastic from a Xmas wrap box was used to cover the bottom wing gaps- these slide back over the wing as the flap comes down. I have them on a 3 position switch and deployment is slowed to 2 seconds- flight modes are also being used, allowing for separate trims in each position (Hugh W. will approve :).
Weight gain is about 20 grams per wing- haven't re-checked the CG yet but may be able to remove most of the lead added for the maiden flights.
I'm really looking forward to trying the flaps out in flight, but that will probably have to wait 'till spring. Now on to the wing pylons...
Merry Christmas all!
TomFreewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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