Next revolution in pattern planes?

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Anhedral stabs are affected by crosswind more than flat stabs. At least for  
the kind of flying we demand. The Prettner Curare design, World Champ around  
1976 or so, introduced the feature to models. By virtue of its being World  C
hampion model, everybody copied it. Sort of the way fixed gear took over from  
retracts, except fixed gear have persisted far longer and serve the intended  
purpose well. 
 
Curares and other anhedral stab designs flew well into the 80's but  
eventually the fad died down. 
 
Naruke san is possibly trying to cure some aerodynamic inadequacy by  
employing the feature again. Or maybe just likes the look. It does look Kool as  
hell. I doubt that this is a revolution though; more like evolution....in  reverse
 
MattK
 
In a message dated 12/31/2004 6:54:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
rcaerobob at cox.net writes:

Beautiful plane, but planform is BTDT, remember  Hanno??? And the Bridi UFO?  
And others.  The anhedral stab really  introduce bizarre characteristics, if 
I recall.  It was abandoned as an  "innovation" about as fast as *somebody's* 
"Split Rudder  "airbrake"....
 
Man, we are O-L-D...

Bob Pastorello
NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
_rcaerobob at cox.net_ (mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net) 
_www.rcaerobats.net_ (http://www.rcaerobats.net/) 
 
 

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