Larry Flesner wrote: > I'm not sure if I understand all I know about the "Mole" tail. If I > read correctly he states that these "tabs" help to "increase" the > stick force per G (it takes a stronger pull on the stick to > accomplish a given G load). It seems to me they would "lighten" the > stick force per G. As you pull back on the stick, the elevator moves > up, and the tabs move down in to the air stream to lighten the load > on the stick, much like a trim tab.
I thought the same thing at the time he came out with this, as those tabs are typically called "aerodynamic balances". But he's the aerodynamicist, not me. Somebody needs to make this change to an already-flying KR2 and report back on the difference. At the moment, Richard is finishing up construction of one of the world's lightest internal combustion powered airplanes for human pilots. He meticulously designed every aspect of it. Now he's building a trailer to haul it to the airport... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML "at" N56ML.com www.N56ML.com _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
