On 05/12/2010 03:22 PM, Peter Zutrauen wrote:
> Your thesis assumes that the tailplane is aerodynamically balanced wrt
> to the torque-tube position, and the only aerodynamic component which is
> stabilizing it and keeping it from flutter is the anti-servo tab.
Stabilizing, but not necessarily keeping it from flutter. I think that
the mass balance weight is to keep it from flutter, just as with the
ailerons (that don't need to have a trim tab for that either).
> I would expect/hope that the tailplane would remain aerodynamically
> stable without the anti-servo tab, and that the tab is there only to
> provide for progressive stick forces, and trim.
This is how it works I believe. At least is seems so on the PH-DIY. ;-)
Frans
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