I'm pretty sure that the P-38 Lightning's rudders moved both inboard
and outboard.
Syd
On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:05 AM, David Winters wrote:
This "single rudder motion" and "only OUT" (or mostly anyway) is a
characteristic of every dual rudder plane I have been free to
examine, so far. Interesting little tid-bit, I thought.
Dave W
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
]On Behalf Of jh
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:31 AM
To: Ercoupers Tech Talk
Subject: [ercoupe-tech] rudder movement?
Simple question from a neophyte:
It seems obvious that the rudders on an Ercoupe can only move outward,
not inward, because of the elevator being in the way. Am I missing
something?
If not, then my hypothetical description of an Ercoupe crabbed landing
contained an error. Only one rudder would be pushed sideways, not
both,
when the plane pivots.
Regards to all,
Jim
