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There’s Something Essential in the Bank

Flying Magazine

Despite the early invention of the aileron, wing warping continued to be used, even on some fighters, as late as 1916. The function of an aileron, or any hinged trailing-edge surface, is commonly explained in ground school by simple analogy to, say, a door opened on a windy day. It affects the entire area ahead of the aileron as well.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. But it will go 140 knots at 28 gph total.)

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Plane and Pilot

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. For one thing, the F2s fuselage hangs from a completely new wing with two distinct airfoil shapes. An obvious discontinuity leads to a thinner airfoil inboard. It seems likely the company will add significantly to the 234 Carbon Cubs already sold.

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. “Coming back around, I’m usually at about 60 knots. And the ailerons are almost worthless at that point; they’re not doing a whole lot for you at all. “The first flight was kind of interesting. It’s the rudder that is doing everything.

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