COMPARISON OF THE CONTROL-FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF LATERAL-CONTROLnSYSTEM FOR LARGE AIRPLANES

摘要

A comparison of the control-force characteristics of the spring-tab control system and the spoiler pilot-aileron control system indicated, in general, that at high speeds the spring-tab aileron would provide slightly greater rolling effectiveness for smaller control forces than would the spoiler system hut at low speeds much larger values of rolling effectiveness would he obtained with the spoiler pilot-aileron system than with the spring-tab system for a given value of control force.nWhen any appreciable upfloating tendency of the ailerons exists, the spring-tab aileron configuration in which the ailerons are interconnected would be the most desirable.