Tag: electrical

The same plane twice…

When is an airplane in trim? At least to the pilot, the airplane is trimmed when no stick force is required to maintain equilibrium. So how do we achieve this? Barnaby Wainfan explains any number of ways to go about it, including the use of trimtabs, spring systems, sparrow strainers and variable incidence tails.

What is “the best”? How is that defined, and by whom?

In our study of wing design, we have progressed from the inner portion and...