Peter Bancks wrote: > It would be possible indeed to reduce the size of your ailerons, but the big > limiter as I see it is going to be the aft spar. Unless you want to move it, > I think you have to stick with the plane versions or you will suffer a > reduced roll rate. If you did want to shift the aft spar, you could probably > get away with reducing the length to 50% of the wing and increase the depth > to 30% constant depth of the chord line. This should retain the existing > roll rate and allow you to shorten the length of the aileron.
Oh, it'll work. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/99101051.jpg . And now you've got the counterweight evenly distributed through the nose of the aileron. For more details see http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/owings.html . I don't claim this is THE way to do it, but it's the way I did it. Shorter ailerons, deeper chord, less drag, roughly the same roll moment as the plans... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
