Phil, If keeping a few grams out from around the servo holes improves yaw inertia by 5% then how can loading your tube spar with ounces ballast be a real benefit? Wouldn't it turn a good performing sailplane into a slug int he turns? Wouldn't you want it in the fuselage around the CG? We are talking grams here and when was the last time you saw a servo mounted at the tip? I can appreciate what Mark D. is saying but .....
Mark Miller > At the tail, and especially at the wingtips, the > main concern is yaw > inertia. > For example, if you add 5g to each wingtip, you > will... > > Increase weight by 0.7% > Increase inertia by 5% > > So it really does pay to shave grams at the > wingtips. As a reward you will > get a -glider which handles better and signals lift > better. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
