Joexer
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I have always wanted effective yaw for flying wing type design, but all of the "traditional" ways of handling this axis have major drawbacks. Drag Rudders are complicated, Differential Thrust is (IMO) crude and inelegant, Rudders don't have an effective moment. I began looking at flying wing designs and I for a brief moment turned to gliders. Which gave me the Idea of splitting the Elevons on a flying wing into two control surfaces and using Crow/Butterfly Braking on one side of the model at a time on a partial mix (to maintain control) to the (now split) Elevons. Of course this concept has some drawbacks, as does everything. Some of them I can think of are 4 Servos, A very complicated mix, and absolutely required to have near equal effectiveness on both parts of the split elevons. Has anyone tried something like this? Does it seem "Sound" to do this? Are there any Downsides I haven't taken into account? Image below.
Also I realize that the forces would need to be balanced very carefully
Also I realize that the forces would need to be balanced very carefully
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