Re: QUERY: von Raben's Dr.1 (...

Don Rinker (Rinker)drinker@fast.net)
Thu, 22 Jun 95 20:54 EDT

the possibilty of puting
>> a larger aileron on the right side to increase even furhter the
>> triplanes right turn speed............
>
> Sorry to ask a smart-alek sounding question, but what if they got
>the negative reversed and it was on the left hand side? How do they

Even though I wrote it, Ive personally never put a whole lot of stock in the
Bigger aileron on the right to aid turning theory. The tripe is so
short coupled and has all that precession and torque , a few
extra squarte inches of aileron area isnt going to add very much.....

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