jpower
Cleared for Takeoff
I was bored in my aircraft dynamics and controls class today, and I was trying to figure out the V-tail Bonanza's control mixing system. I figure the ruddervators (is that the word they use?) are interconnected, but I couldn't figure out how you could get pure yaw out of them without involving the ailerons. I asked my professor at the end of class, but he had no idea what a v-tail was or even what a Bonanza was. That's a rant for another time right there--he's an aero professor in the controls department and he doesn't know what a v-tail is. Seriously? Not knowing what a Bonanza is is a little more reasonable...but still. It goes to show how theoretical everything is in college.
ANYway, how do v-tails work? Can you get pure yaw out of them? I don't think so...but how do they work then? Are the ailerons interconnected too? What exactly happens when you stop on the left rudder? How does this sorcery work?
ANYway, how do v-tails work? Can you get pure yaw out of them? I don't think so...but how do they work then? Are the ailerons interconnected too? What exactly happens when you stop on the left rudder? How does this sorcery work?