Super 60

Dear Dr andy, are inset or strip ailerons more effective

Answers in english please in not more than 2000 words.

Only kidding

DaveS

Heh heh, I could go to town on this one!

I'll answer your question with another question instead though: Define "more effective"?

On something like a Super 60, I would go for whatever is easiest to build. Generally the bigger the aileron area (in relation to the wing area), and the more that area is concentrated towards the wingtips, the less aileron deflection you will need for a certain roll rate. Putting outboard inset ailerons sometimes presents difficulties with routing linkages/cables and whatnot, hence the reason for strip ailerons.

Hope that helps

Andy

Thanks Andy, I will be fitting inset ailerons in the wing and fitting a servo on each to eliminate the problem of bellcranks etc.
Just stripped the fuselage and wings to find a fair bit of work to do on joints that are starting to fail. I guess that the original nylon covering has done a good job of holding it all together all these years!!
As the nose area is built mostly of 1/2" balsa which is saturated with fuel this will have to be replaced and I reckon I can make it lighter and stronger.
Anyway its a long term project and we will se how it turns out.
Thanks for the info.


Keep well


DaveS

No problems!

I would go for the twin aileron servos too. Not only does it make things easier to build, but the linkages are more precise, and you build in some redundancy too. If one aileron servo fails, you still have some roll control

Post some pictures of your progress anyway!

Cheers
Andy