[WWI] Nieuport aileron control

[Andy Bannister]

Glad it made sense Mikko. Easy to visualise in my head but not always easy to explain but yes, in its basic form it is a pretty simple system really. 

On a related note, it always amazes me the number of models I see with both ailerons drooping (or raised). Seems many airplane buffs have little understanding of the basic control systems of the machines they model...

Andy
> 
> From: "Mikko Saarela" <saarela.mikko at kolumbus.fi>
> Date: 2008/11/12 Wed PM 02:11:47 GMT
> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] Nieuport aileron control
> 
> 
> Andy!
> 
> You explain it actually very well! I understand it now and a look into the 
> cockpits of some of my Nieuport models shows that I've understood it 
> earlier, too. All the sticks are towards the aileron that's up. I don't know 
> what made me to get confused with it. Maybe I just could not believe that 
> the system is really that simple...
> 
> Mikko
> 
> 
> > Pushing the stick to the left would raise the right side of the horizontal 
> > cross bar connected at the fulcrum of the stick which in turn pushes up 
> > the vertical push rod. This in turn rotates the bellcrank in the top wing 
> > centre section clockwise (looking towards the wingtip) which would move 
> > the right aileron down, thus the airplane would raise that wing and enter 
> > a left bank (rotary engine forces not included here of course!). The 
> > opposite would happen on the other side resulting in that aileron moving 
> > up and the left wing dropping.
> > Bit difficult to explain but Mark's 3D drawings do show this quite well.
> > Andy
> >>
> >> From: "Mikko Saarela" <saarela.mikko at kolumbus.fi>
> >> Date: 2008/11/12 Wed AM 06:04:59 GMT
> >> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> >> Subject: [WWI] Nieuport aileron control
> >>
> >> Folks!
> >>
> >> I've been wondering, once again, the aileron control of Nieuport scouts, 
> >> Mark Millers 3D renderings are a good reference:
> >>
> >> http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Miller/render/Nieuport/index.html
> >>
> >> Seems to me that when you turned the stick to left the aeroplane turned 
> >> right...???
> >>
> >>
> >> Mikko
> >>
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