[NSRCA-discussion] Annhedral Stab

brett terry brett.terry at gmail.com
Sun Apr 20 19:52:00 AKDT 2008


Flames?  Is it THAT time of the decade already?  Will they get out of the
first round?  Hope so! Go Cal-Gary!

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Chad Northeast <chad at f3acanada.org> wrote:

> I have seen Jason's program, nothing unusual, a bit of rud-elevator
> mixing, etc.  The usual suspects!  I would consider his mixing to be
> similar to what I had in the Twister earlier last year.
>
> I have an Integral sitting here waiting for the snow to go bye-bye.
> When I compare it with my Twister they are very close in many of the
> design features (no surprise since they both originate from ZN and wing
> designs are heavily weighted from the Oxalys).  Having borrowed Nat's
> and Bryan's trimming knowledge I have been able to get that airplane to
> a near perfect state of trim.  I am sure the same can be done with the
> Integral seeing how they are so similar, just a little more challenging
> as the Compy version has no adjusters, and I am not 100% certain where
> all the TL/incidences are set at from the factory.  So if I have to
> change things its going to be slightly painful!
>
> On a side note, GO FLAMES GO!
>
> Chad
>
> J N Hiller wrote:
> > Very true there is no substitute for ability and practice, young eyes
> and
> > smooth movement of ones extremities. It would be interesting to know
> what
> > mixing they were using and how much of it was to correct airframe
> > deficiencies.
> > Jim Hiller
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> > [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Chad
> Northeast
> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:23 PM
> > To: NSRCA Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Annhedral Stab
> >
> > The way I see it, if any of these "extras" were really providing a
> > worthwhile advantage every design would incorporate them.  Until they
> > are as functional as a set of wings they won't do anything to your
> > flying that a solid year of practice can't accomplish.
> >
> > Just look at what Jason and Andrew did at this past Worlds with a simple
> > mass produced, inexpensive design.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> > Rex wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for clearing that up George...  For a minute there, I was
> >> starting to get a little confused!  lol
> >>
> >> Rex
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: geobet at gis.net
> >>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> >>> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:30:04 -0400
> >>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Annhedral Stab
> >>>
> >>> I'm not convinced that all this cyclical hype isn't just a
> >>>
> >> psychological
> >>
> >>> smokescreen designed to attempt to confuse the current genre of
> >>>
> >> contemporary
> >>
> >>> designers.
> >>> Remember the Curare and Hanno's Bipe, .........what goes
> >>> around.................
> >>> G.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "J N Hiller" <jnhiller at earthlink.net>
> >>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:01 PM
> >>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Annhedral Stab
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Can I open a discussion on why some designs have an annhedral stab?
> >>>> Was it to lower the effective flying height of the stab to reduce
> >>>>
> >> the wing
> >>
> >>>> to stab vertical offset and knife edge belly pitch, or is there
> >>>>
> >> some other
> >>
> >>>> reason?
> >>>> Jim Hiller
> >>>>
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