A large low pressure behind the board causing the tail to be sucked down?
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Larry&Sallie Flesner <flesner at frontier.com>wrote: > At 09:26 PM 2/9/2014, you wrote: > >> I plan on putting the hinge point underneath the main spar, and would >> expect deploying the flap would nose the plane down, requiring nose up trim >> to compensate. That's how the flaps on N56ML work, at least. >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > The flaps cause a nose down pitching moment as they cause the center of > lift to shift rearward. Don't know why my belly board, located at the aft > spar location, causes a nose up pitch when deployed, slight but noticeable. > > Larry Flesner > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >