JOURNEY IN AERONAUTICAL
RESEARCH: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center
Monographs in
Aerospace History, Number 12
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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