Please educate me.

Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:48 pm

retroaviation wrote:Some may not use an actual weight, but simply use the design of the surface to make the appropriate counter balance...such as on the rudder of a Piper Cub.

I think the Cub has an aerodynamic balance to reduce the rudder control force, not a mass balance for flutter. The Cub's speed range is a bit low to worry much about flutter I would think.

Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:42 am

bdk wrote: I think the Cub has an aerodynamic balance to reduce the rudder control force, not a mass balance for flutter. The Cub's speed range is a bit low to worry much about flutter I would think.

Yeah, I think that's what I was getting at, but didn't have the right words. :oops:

Thanks for clearing that up.
Gary

Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:18 am

Gary, I think anytime a warbird has a runaway prop, the CAF should be blamed, as is custom in this site :wink:

Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:40 am

Gary, I think anytime a warbird has a runaway prop, the CAF should be blamed, as is custom in this site

Only if it's on a PBY........
Actually with guys like Gary, Bill & yourself that will change. Some things
are hard to forget (like the PBY crash).

Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:36 pm

I have a question and I hope one of you can help me with it....have'nt found the answer yet, just strange looks.....

When serving stewed prunes, how many does one serve? Is 2 too few? Is 3 too many?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
:wink:

Mark