Rudder Turbulator Strips

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/17/2003 11:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
d.pappas at kodeos.com writes:


> Subj:RE: Rudder Turbulator Strips 
> Date:4/17/2003 11:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:d.pappas at kodeos.com">d.pappas at kodeos.com</A>
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> Hi John,
> My experience with thick trailing edges is that it only helps the snaps, 
> especially with the damping on the stops. The drag due to the thick TE is 
> neglegible. An extra-wide rudder, on the other hand *would* get real draggy 
> , but at speed, even the killer servos can't make make a wide rudder move 
> as far as at low speed, and that is probably the cuprit you are wary of. 
> Couterbalances will help that ... you've all seen the "great rudder 
> experiment" at Ron Ellis' site 
> http://www.mindspring.com/~rellis2/rcpattrn/rudder.htm
> Regards,
>     Dean  

Dean,
Also,
While you are on the Ron Ellis website, look at his method for pull pull set 
ups. He has done an excellent job with that as well.

Matt Kebabjian
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