<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 4/17/2003 11:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, d.pappas@kodeos.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>RE: Rudder Turbulator Strips </B><BR>
Date:4/17/2003 11:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A><BR>
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Hi John,<BR>
My experience with thick trailing edges is that it only helps the snaps, especially with the damping on the stops. The drag due to the thick TE is neglegible. An extra-wide rudder, on the other hand *would* get real draggy , but at speed, even the killer servos can't make make a wide rudder move as far as at low speed, and that is probably the cuprit you are wary of. Couterbalances will help that ... you've all seen the "great rudder experiment" at Ron Ellis' site http://www.mindspring.com/~rellis2/rcpattrn/rudder.htm<BR>
Regards,<BR>
Dean </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Dean,<BR>
Also,<BR>
While you are on the Ron Ellis website, look at his method for pull pull set ups. He has done an excellent job with that as well.<BR>
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Matt Kebabjian</FONT></HTML>