Timeline for How do X-shaped control surfaces work?
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| Jan 24, 2016 at 13:30 | comment | added | Sean Duffy | There must be fairly good roll control, as in the video demonstration, it looks like the SDB is attached to the F-15 upside down, and then rolls right side up after deploying the wings. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 17:09 | history | edited | aeroalias | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2016 at 16:57 | vote | accept | Sean Duffy | ||
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| Jan 23, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | J W | Nice graphics, but doesn't answer the question: How do the X-config control surfaces work to alter the attitude, etc | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 10:29 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | @RobVermeulen They have some roll control, but looking at the picture it is probably not a coincidence center of lift is high with dihedral wing. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 10:25 | comment | added | mins | Roll control is easily obtained by deflecting all surfaces in the same (relative) direction, canards can be used too. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 9:48 | comment | added | Rob Vermeulen | Having control surfaces exclusively at the rear results in a long arm indeed - bot only for pitch and yaw. What about roll? Is coordinated flight less important for 'aircraft' like this? | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 1:53 | comment | added | mins | The SDB seems to be closer to a V-tail than a conventional one. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 1:15 | history | answered | aeroalias | CC BY-SA 3.0 |