phacious
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Elevons on a T-tail, bad idea?
What do you call a plane with a puller (tractor) motor mounted on a T-tail? A powered T-tail perhaps? Anywho, I'm building a 30" span belly sliding FPV plane with the motor mounted to the top front of the T-tail (prop will be about 3/4 mark of the overall length). I did this to get most of the control surfaces back in the prop wash. Now I'm wondering if splitting the the elevator into elevons would have any benefit if I have to power out of a bad situation or if it would just cause complicate the way the plane rolls. The main wing will have its own set of ailerons for best roll authority during the normal flight, but they are not in the prop wash. If I loss authority on the main ailerons while in a steep bank I'd like to be able to stomp on the gas and snap my wings level. Any thoughts on this?
Here is the airframe so far. It was designed around a 2200mah 3s and 7x3.8 SF + 2200kv 320w.
What do you call a plane with a puller (tractor) motor mounted on a T-tail? A powered T-tail perhaps? Anywho, I'm building a 30" span belly sliding FPV plane with the motor mounted to the top front of the T-tail (prop will be about 3/4 mark of the overall length). I did this to get most of the control surfaces back in the prop wash. Now I'm wondering if splitting the the elevator into elevons would have any benefit if I have to power out of a bad situation or if it would just cause complicate the way the plane rolls. The main wing will have its own set of ailerons for best roll authority during the normal flight, but they are not in the prop wash. If I loss authority on the main ailerons while in a steep bank I'd like to be able to stomp on the gas and snap my wings level. Any thoughts on this?
Here is the airframe so far. It was designed around a 2200mah 3s and 7x3.8 SF + 2200kv 320w.