On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Monkey King wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, David J. Schat wrote: > > > I had a Cuda rocket glider with an inverted V tail (inverted so it wouldn't > > fry in the rocket exhaust)... I was impressed with how axial the rolls were > > with no ailerons... must have been that perverse roll coupling ;- ) > > Was there any dihedral?
Oh, I finally found some pix. ( http://members.aol.com/kmckiou/Cuda/CudaPage1.html ) There's a lot of polyhedral, which I think would explain the roll control better than the inverted tail. I sure want to inverted tail to wor for rollk, though. Is it just a matter of the surfaces being big enough? If they're bigger, could there be a shorter boom, which would lighten the ship by having a shorter tail moment, requiring less weight in the nose? -Joshua RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
