Very interesting, but from the photos there seems to be much more movement than that. Are you sure you are scaled correctly? Also remember that Orville claims the leading edges stayed parallel (although I suppose at 0.8mm it'd be hard to tell).
Best, Jim Marcel Wittebrood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sorry, I made a mistake, > =20 > I contour plotted the beam bending moment in the last mail and wrote = > some nonsense to talk the large deflection value straight.:-)))))))))) > =20 > This picture is probably correct............=20 > =20 > Only 6.011 mm at the back spar tip, 0.8 mm at the front spar tip. So for = > 80 N force input you get about atan((6.011-0.8) /1180) =3D 0.25 deg (The = > aerodynamic forces are working against this value, so the real warping = > is less !!). > =20 > The 40 N force input translates to about 300 N at the hip saddle if I am = > correct (There are 4 wings) > =20 > kind regards, > =20 > =20 > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
