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For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no
airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Say for instance with a fuselage and epenage like the Zodiac 701, but with a low wing instead of the high wing. Then I read about deep stall, as illustrated he http://www.answers.com/topic/deep-stall-png Here deep stall is defined as a condition in which the main wing is stalled and the stabilizer is enveloped in the turbulent wake of the stalled wing so that the pilot has lost pitch control and thus cannot lower the nose to recover. For certain airframe geometries, (such as the illustration above) that condition can occur even if the aircraft is within the proper CG limits. My question regards the orientation that immediately precedes the deep stall. If the angle of attack at stall is exactly the same as the angle that puts the stabilizer in the shadow of the wing, that will precipitate a deep stall, right? What if the wing stalls at a lower AOA? Would the stabilizer then drop into the wake? ISTM that if the AOA that stalls the wing is higher than the AOA that puts the stabilizer in the wake of the wing then that aircraft is immune to this sort of deep stall, so long as it is flying within the CG limits, right? -- FF |
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"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
oups.com... For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Like This? http://www.kesnat.com/DSC06717.JPG ISTM ..... ISTM???? |
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On Sep 5, 6:39 pm, "El Maximo" wrote:
"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in ooglegroups.com... For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. [rest of description deleted by EM] Like This? http://www.kesnat.com/DSC06717.JPG Not quite. I was thinking of a conventional tail with the fin and rudder extending above the stabilizer, rather than a T-tail with the stabilizer perched on top of the fin. That is why I described it as being like a Zodiac 701, but with the wing dropped down to a low-wing position. ISTM ..... ISTM???? It Seems To Me. -- FF |
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On Sep 5, 12:45 pm, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote: On Sep 5, 6:39 pm, "El Maximo" wrote: "Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in ooglegroups.com... For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. [rest of description deleted by EM] Like This? http://www.kesnat.com/DSC06717.JPG Not quite. I was thinking of a conventional tail with the fin and rudder extending above the stabilizer, rather than a T-tail with the stabilizer perched on top of the fin. That is why I described it as being like a Zodiac 701, but with the wing dropped down to a low-wing position. ISTM ..... ISTM???? It Seems To Me. -- FF Commander 112 is sort of like this if I understand what you describing. http://www.commander.org/ Biran |
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On Sep 5, 7:31 pm, Brian wrote:
On Sep 5, 12:45 pm, Fred the Red Shirt wrote: On Sep 5, 6:39 pm, "El Maximo" wrote: "Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in ooglegroups.com... For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. [rest of description deleted by EM] Like This? http://www.kesnat.com/DSC06717.JPG Not quite. I was thinking of a conventional tail with the fin and rudder extending above the stabilizer, rather than a T-tail with the stabilizer perched on top of the fin. That is why I described it as being like a Zodiac 701, but with the wing dropped down to a low-wing position. ISTM ..... ISTM???? It Seems To Me. -- FF Commander 112 is sort of like this if I understand what you describing. http://www.commander.org/ Ah yes, that looks pretty close to what I was thinking. -- FF |
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:59:53 -0700, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote in .com: Commander 112 is sort of like this if I understand what you describing. http://www.commander.org/ Ah yes, that looks pretty close to what I was thinking. The Commander 112/114 has what is termed a 'cruciform empennage. |
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On Sep 5, 6:39 pm, "El Maximo" wrote:
"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in ooglegroups.com... For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Like This? http://www.kesnat.com/DSC06717.JPG Perhaps your point is that if the designer wants to put the horizontal stabilizer higher than the main wind, a T-tail is more aerodynamically efficient than using a cruciform tail which would put the rubber REALLY high. -- FF |
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On Sep 5, 11:29 am, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote: For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Duchess and Seminole come to mind. |
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:18:53 -0700, Airbus wrote:
In article . com, says... On Sep 5, 11:29 am, Fred the Red Shirt wrote: For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no airplanes with a low wing and a high tail. Duchess and Seminole come to mind. Not to mention the DC-9 and MDxx variants or the KingAir200 And the Lockheed military transports. AFIK, the only plane that had a problem with it ws the BAC 111, That was Braniff 250 in August of 1966. But that was a case of a severe T-storm ripping the tail off. Don |
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