B Yen asks: >I'm looking for a website which describes model-aircraft design: > >- wing shape, area, amount of dihedral >- tail size >- angle of incidence (main wing & stabilizer) >- length of fuselage...
You can find much of what you're looking for in the "Ask Joe and Don" section of our website: www.djaerotec.com There are over 300 articles in AJ&D on a wide variety of aviation-related subjects. Just type the topic you're interested in into the search engine and it will give you a list of links to AJ&D articles that discuss that topic. The method of relating tail size and tail moment arm is called "tail volume coefficients". There are several AJ&D articles that discuss these, how to calculate them, how to equate them to V-tails and other tail types, and their relationship to static and dynamic stability. BTW, for all the magazine columnists, club newsletter editors, etc., out there, you are welcome to use anything you find in AJ&D in your publications. All we ask is that you include proper acknowledgement of where you found it, and that you not take anything so out of context that it alters the meaning, or otherwise "puts words in our mouths". If you need something re-worded to fit the context of where you plan to use it, just let us know and we'll work with you. Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.djaerotech.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
