JOURNEY IN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center

Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 12

FIGURE 13.2.

FIGURE 13.2. Concept for complete alleviation of vertical gusts shown by the theoretical analysis. Note that the elevator moves in phase with the flaps, offsetting the flap pitching moment. Flap downwash, with opposite direction from normal, offsets the lift on the horizontal tail due to the gust.


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