KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-06 Thread Tommy Waymack
bs, turns > and flies great. Maybe I'll pull them off sometime and check the > performance without them. Or maybe not. > > Roger Bulla > > -Original Message- From: svd via KRnet > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 4:53 PM > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Cc: svd >

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread Roger Bulla
4:53 PM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: svd Subject: KR> Adverse Yaw Hi All, I was just reading an old article by Stu Robinson in the March 1994 KR newsletter. In it, Stu points out that the aileron gap serves to increase drag on the down wing, thereby reducing or eliminating adverse yaw.

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread Robert7721
Owen, Like several others it seems, I tested gap seals as well and quickly decided they provided no benefit and increased drag. I have scratch built RAF 48 wings on my KR2S. Rob Schmitt N1825Z Sent from my iPad > On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:53 PM, svd via KRnet wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I was

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread Larry Flesner
> Stu points out that the aileron gap serves to > increase drag on the down wing, thereby > reducing or eliminating adverse yaw. However, > I also read an article about how important gap > seals are for increasing climb performance. So Gaps seal? ++

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Langford
And since this message was titled "adverse yaw", it's worth mentioning that most KRs, due to the differential aileron bellcranks shown in the plans, eliminate adverse yaw. Takeoffs, climbs, and landings are the only time that a slight amount of rudder is needed. The rest of the time the plane

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Langford
Owen wrote: > However, I also read an article about how important gap seals are for > increasing climb performance. See http://www.n56ml.com/troy/ for more on gap seals. Just looking at that big honkin' gap that you get when you build the wings per the plans, you can guess that there's an impr

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread bjoenunley
M (GMT-06:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: svd Subject: KR> Adverse Yaw Hi All, I was just reading an old article by Stu Robinson in the March 1994 KR newsletter.? In it, Stu points out that the aileron gap serves to increase drag on the down wing, thereby reducing or eliminatin

KR> Adverse Yaw

2016-04-05 Thread svd
Hi All, I was just reading an old article by Stu Robinson in the March 1994 KR newsletter. In it, Stu points out that the aileron gap serves to increase drag on the down wing, thereby reducing or eliminating adverse yaw. However, I also read an article about how important gap seals are f