Spark Evo I Build
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Kmot
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One of the interesting things about this airplane design that I noticed was the square attached to the trailing edge of the rudder.
This is done in boats too. It is a poormans version of a Becker Rudder system used in full sized ships and tugboats. A Becker rudder has an articulated flap at the trailing edge that turns sharper when the main rudder turns.
The poor mans version is a piece of square tubing attached to the trailing edge. It has sort of a permanent articulated flap. When going straight ahead, there is no effect. When the rudder is turned however, the edge of the square is at a sharper angle, giving the same effect as a Becker rudder, to a degree anyway.
So on this airplane, the designer did the same thing it appears, making for a much more powerful rudder reaction.
This is done in boats too. It is a poormans version of a Becker Rudder system used in full sized ships and tugboats. A Becker rudder has an articulated flap at the trailing edge that turns sharper when the main rudder turns.
The poor mans version is a piece of square tubing attached to the trailing edge. It has sort of a permanent articulated flap. When going straight ahead, there is no effect. When the rudder is turned however, the edge of the square is at a sharper angle, giving the same effect as a Becker rudder, to a degree anyway.
So on this airplane, the designer did the same thing it appears, making for a much more powerful rudder reaction.
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Mikeymike21
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Mikeymike21
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its on the swaps
enjoy it
enjoy it
12oclockhigh
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What is that lying under the aircraft at the spawn point?
Looks to be a piece of the aircraft... anybody else see this?
Looks to be a piece of the aircraft... anybody else see this?
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Boof69
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It's the lower hatch laying under it in the render. The 3 position switch releases the chin hatch and canopy independently therefore the 3 pos switch should be in the mid position to keep the plane whole. This was mentioned in the description on the swaps page.
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