Does the elevator/stabilator generate upward force?
Think loop: outside or inside.
"Dan" wrote in message
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| Ok, this is a followup to the previous discussion about
forward control
| pressure during the landing rollout. Can someone tell me
if the
| elevator/stabilator can actually generate an _upward_
force, or does it
| simply generate a downward force for climbing and less
downward force
| for a decent?
|
| Does the nose fall due to the CG being forward of the
center of lift,
| or does the elevator actually push the tail up?
|
| We are talking about tricycle gear planes, not
taildraggers... The PA28
| series specifically.
|
| --Dan
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