On Jul 12, 10:18 pm, Chris W wrote:
I'm sure everyone here is familiar with the combination of the
horizontal stabilizer and elevator to make a stabilator. I think I have
even heard of the concept being used for a ruder. My question is has
anyone ever made a plane taking the concept all the way and made a
"wingeron"? My guess is no one has, seems to me it would be difficult
to do and maintain the required strength with out adding a lot of weight.

It's probably not practical for a real plane but I thought it might be
an interesting experiment to try on an RC plane.

My Jodel has an all-moving vertical surface. Has awesome
authority in spite of its small size.

The all-moving wing has been done. The Spratt ControlWing
was a homebuilt flying boat built by a number of folks in the 60s-80s
and there might be a few still going together. The tail was a V-shaped
affair that had no movement whatever, with a pusher propeller mounted
between the two surfaces driven by a long shaft from the converted
outboard engine mounted in the hull. The wings pivoted at the spar
attach and strut fittings on the wings, and were controlled bu a
couple of push-pull tubes at their trailing edges. Roll control was
differential wing movement, "pitch" was by moving the wings together
via a lever like a helicopter collective. The tail surfaces just kefp
the thing pointing into the relative wind.
I tried to get some pics but Goggle is acting up this morning.

Dan