Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

[Abbeville-Boy]

Originally Posted by sallee

Depends where you come from! In the US corn is what we in the UK call Maize. In the UK corn means wheat or even barley.

in the states we call pot
corn just to throw off the cops

[Richie]

When I was in grade school we still use to sing God Save the Queen along with Oh Canada in the morning. Thinking of that makes me feel a little guilty about always flying Messerschmitts lol. My best friend got the strap for washing his hands in cold water and one day I got it for breaking my pencil...harsh.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

There's something very wrong with the fin/rudder of the 109 in the second shot of the second set! Any ideas?

[Trooper117]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

There's something very wrong with the fin/rudder of the 109 in the second shot of the second set! Any ideas?

Nothing wrong as far as I can see.. the pilot is applying full rudder.

But the fin doesn't seem to be turned diagonal. It's turned only in the front? Maybe bug, Idk.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Originally Posted by Hecke

But the fin doesn't seem to be turned diagonal. It's turned only in the front? Maybe bug, Idk.

Exactly what I thought Hecke but when I looked again and considered the viewpoint I realised that it was an illusion. For sure the rudder is hard left.
Pete

My eyes are bugged. Still don't see it right, lol.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

I realised that from the shifted position of the horn counterbalance but the rest looked looked strange (probably because of the shadowed yellow of the rudder viewed from almost above). On second look realise I was suffering an optical delusion . Thanks
Pete

[Richie]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

There's something very wrong with the fin/rudder of the 109 in the second shot of the second set! Any ideas?

I don't see it. The top of the inner rudder is used as a counterbalance for wind to catch onto so rudder forces are easier to apply to the opposite side if that's what you see?

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Originally Posted by Richie

I don't see it. The top of the inner rudder is used as a counterbalance for wind to catch onto so rudder forces are easier to apply to the opposite side if that's what you see?

Appreciate that, usually known as horn counterbalance. But see my later posts on subject. What I failed to grasp when first viewing was that the straight edge is the bottom edge of the rudder. It just looked wrong - an illusion. Now appreciate that there is nothing wrong at all.
Pete