[NSRCA-discussion] Full Flying Stab

[Duane Beck]

What prevented aerodynamic forces from pushing against the spring and moving the stab away from the desired position?

Duane

> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net> 
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:05:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Full Flying Stab 
> 
> I was faced with this problem many years ago when I build a canard   
> (tail-first) airplane with a full flying stab.  I solved it by   
> pivoting the stab at the aerodynamic center of the stab, to minimize/ 
> eliminate moment change with deflection of the stab.  Then I spring   
> loaded the stab with a soft helical spring in one direction, so the   
> stab, in effect, had no "backlash". 
> Ron VP