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Hangar Flying / Rudder lift and Drag
« on: October 28, 2010, 01:50:45 AM »
My path of reading CP's and testing my rudder cutting templates on some scrap foam continue , more blue dust maybe one day ......
My real question
The winglets ( rudders ) try to lift the tip in flight , so in my mind deflecting the rudder should increase that lift and try to lift the tip even more than the other wing and this then has
to be overcome by up deflection of the aileron on the same wing - sort of cancels out the effect . The only thing i can suspect is that the rudder deflection produces more drag and
the wing is dragged in that direction hence the turn .
I know the aircraft turns well so what is the turning theory with winglet rudders ?
Flyoz
My real question
The winglets ( rudders ) try to lift the tip in flight , so in my mind deflecting the rudder should increase that lift and try to lift the tip even more than the other wing and this then has
to be overcome by up deflection of the aileron on the same wing - sort of cancels out the effect . The only thing i can suspect is that the rudder deflection produces more drag and
the wing is dragged in that direction hence the turn .
I know the aircraft turns well so what is the turning theory with winglet rudders ?
Flyoz