Stabs

[Bob Richards]

It has been tried before, way back in the 70s as I recall. I think Bob Violet might have sold some hardware to do it. I know he designed a pattern plane that was featured in one of the magazines back then that had a flying stab. I know the glider guys use full flying stabs a lot, but for drag reduction mainly. Not sure why it would not work, but I suspect you would not get the same "feel" as you would with a conventional stab/elevator.
 
With a conventional setup, you are able to play with the camber of the horizontal surfaces, which can be used to trim the downlines for hands off.
 
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but when wing tubes became prevalent, I believe someone (I think Chip Hyde) experiemented with wings that rotated on the tubes instead of using ailerons.  That did not work well, from what I understand.
 
Bob R.



jeffghughes at comcast.net wrote:
Now that a lot of 2M planes are going to removeable stabs, it seems a short step to full flying stabs. Is there any advantage to this type of stab? Seems like it almost would be easier set up, you wouldn't need to worry about wing to stab incidence.

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