.........from experience, I can attest to the fact that ailerons will CHANGE on their own over a period of time. Completely finishing will help preserve shapes..........
Keep on keeping on, On 11/7/05, Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Considering the mechanical leverage at the wing tip of wind tip drag > > coeifficients a reasonable minded buillder may humble there arrogant > > attitudes frowarded at others in the group and listen to constructive > > comments. > > I think I may have a pretty good idea as to a contributing factor on my > plane, if not the total culprit. Checking the ailerons last night I > noticed > that on the left one I had the cusp that accurately follows the airfoil, > but > on the right one, I straightened out the cusp. I build those ailerons a > year or so apart, and somewhere between building the first one and the > second one I decided to delete the cusp in favor of reducing the aileron > control system's loading. Only problem is I forgot to go back and fill in > the pilot's side! Good thing my ailerons are easily removed... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net <http://hiwaay.net> > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jerry Mahurin - aka - KRJerry Lugoff, SC 29078
