mark line wrote:
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> > Plastic Paper clips, Fletner Strips?
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> The only time I have seen these strips is on fighter aircraft, looking at a
> cross section they appear as a T shape on the trailing edge of the
> taileron control surface. The arms of the T appearing above and below the
> trailing edge an equal distance. As I'm a propulsion techician I asked someone
in the know and they tell me that the T section interupts the
boundery airflow over the trailing edge and just helps with control
response,stablity and feed back. Plastic paper clips, I think are just
plastic edge binders for holding loose leaf paper. A great idea for just
giving the theory a try.
And if you read the factory newsletter of December 1993, No 6 page 1
& 2 you will see why it was necessary to thicken the tab trailing edges !
Martin
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