[NSRCA-discussion] Full Flying Stab

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 Pivoting at the stab AC. 



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From: Duane Beck <duane.e.beck at comcast.net>

To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>

Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 1:11 pm

Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Full Flying Stab



  
    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   _______________________________________________  NSRCA-discussion mailing list  NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  http://lists.nsrca.org/mailma
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