Saturday, July 01, 2006

Teenie Two DVD

I requested the Teenie Two DVD that Ron Dixon, the owner of the T2 plans, gives out now with the plan set. In the video footage Jack Dernorsek explains his airplane in great detail. I particularly liked the way he described how he mass balanced his flight controls, specifically the ailerons. He used a (pair?) weighted tube attached to the aileron, positioned inside of the outer wing panels. He then explained that a possibly better alternative would be to attach a weighted arm to the edge of the aileron, which would be extended out to the wing tip. The advantage of using the arm is that a long arm can have a smaller weight on the end to accomplish the goal of mass balancing while not adding a signficant amount of weight to the airplane. This is something I intend to do to the ailerons and elevator of my airplane.

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