TINSFOS question
Brad -
IIRC, early ships with 16.5/16.6 extensions had no additional control
surfaces.
Ships with 17+ tips tended to have an aileron extension of some kind.
As far as I know, only later-model ships have tended to have the
polyhedral, and from what I understand its more about preventing
wingtip scrapes (easier to leave the wingtip skid on the non-removable
part of the wing) or requiring a beefy spar in the tip exension (to
handle ground loads) than anything else.
Enjoy,
--Noel
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