>From: "Ron Hoskins" <r5...@netzero.net> I have come to believe that balancing the control surfaces will prevent flutter? Is this true or false???
Ron, to jump in on Brian's thread, the answer is false. Balanced control surfaces do help but they do not prevent. As reference, read a little furthur down in Brian's post. This is a quote from they guy he reference. There is data out there, just do a goggle search. It was good reading this morning. "Flutter isn't caused purely by speed. It needs to be "excited" to kick off then something--generally flexing or sympathetic vibrations elsewhere in the airframe--feed it. That's why, when doing flutter testing, you creep up in two knot increments" Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY i39 RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" O 360 A1A, C/S C2YK-1BF/F7666A4 http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackwing1.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. Get all the scoop. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/
