[WWI] Balanced vs. unbalanced ailerons.

[Tom Morgan]

Yup, from "Practical Flying - Complete Course of Flying Instruction" by W. G. McMinnies, 1918 -
    Ailerons, Balanced: By connecting the ailerons of each wing, so that when one is pulled down and the other is pulled up the surfaces are made to balance.

Tom
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rusty Scott 
  To: World War I Modeling Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 7:53 AM
  Subject: Re: [WWI] Balanced vs. unbalanced ailerons.


   The ailerons cant both droop when not in flight in a cable control system. They are connected to a single control device. One goes up and the other goes down........... Balancing (like in a Gee Bee Z) is done to prevent flutter and aid in the feel of the control surface.

  Rusty
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: tim mixon 
    To: wwi at wwi-models.org 
    Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:00 PM
    Subject: [WWI] Balanced vs. unbalanced ailerons.


    Hello, I have a general question about ailerons.  If a plane has unbalanced ailerons would all of them droop downward when at rest? How would they work in flight in that fasion? It seems to me they would be independent of each other.  thanks   Tim
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