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Re: Fabric control surfaces

Posted by Kenneth on Wed Aug 07, 2002 04:50:15 PM

In reply top Fabric control surfaces posted by Rocsoe on Tue Aug 06, 2002 08:51:32 PM

This is a question which has been puzzling me too for very long. I have always been wondering why designers after the discovery of metal monocoque construction persisted with fabric covered control surfaces. I doubt that the answer is related to damage repairability since, for example, civilian aircraft from the pre-war period (e.g. the DC-3) had them. Could it be related to flutter problems, i.e. are fabric covered surfaces easier to balance?

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