Aerodynamically Forked Ruddervators Considered
There are not very many aircraft that have "V-tail" configurations.
The famous general aviation aircraft with a v-tail configuration is the Beechcraft Bonanza.
Some of the earlier models had a problem with the yaw, and one of the mods that was quite popular for the A and B Model Bonanzas was to put an elongated triangular skag under the fuselage, to make up for the fact there was no vertical stabilizer, this fin did do the trick.
When I was younger I used to love to clean Beechcraft Bonanzas because there was one less airfoil surface to clean because with a v-tail set up there were only two not three.
Later in my teens I began selling airplanes and I realized that people really enjoyed that v-tail aircraft because it looked so cool, because it was different, and that made it in demand.
Later Beechcraft started making the Beechcraft Debonair and the A-36 Model (six seater), which was a Beechcraft Bonanza with a regular tail.
I'd always been intrigued with the v-tail, as it looked neat, and seemed to make sense to me.
Today, the JSF fighter for the United States Military and only our top allies, also has a v-tail.
And I've often wondered if it has stability problems as well, and I've often thought there is a way to fix that.
Now then, I've never heard this mentioned before but it might make sense to have a forked redderator system to help with aerodynamic stability.
For instance, have you ever seen a hawk, black crow, or Eagle - they have large feathers on the end of their wings, and they use these for both high speed and low speed maneuverability.
Now then, such a forked control surface wouldn't have to be all that big at high-speed, and with new material memory strategies, such a set of control surfaces on the ends of the ruddervators could move to a greater degree and solve any slow-speed maneuverability challenges, that along with the inherent value of the trust vectoring, and any stability issues would become nonexistent, virtually eliminated.
Eventually, I suppose the entire ruddervator system would be made with material memory composites, with not actual separate control surfaces, or full-flying ruddervators, just shape-shifting, as needed.
It makes more sense, and our technology is actually there now, all we have to do is build it.
It seems such a system works so well on birds, that this strategy is viable, and might even allow us to reduce the size of the actual ruddervators, therefore reducing drag, and keeping with the theme of low radar signature and stealth.
Indeed, these same techniques might be able to solve some problems on the global Hawk, and predator drones as well.
Indeed, I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
If you have aerodynamic design and manufacturing experience with ruddervators, perhaps you might shoot me an e-mail, I've got several concepts to discuss.
The famous general aviation aircraft with a v-tail configuration is the Beechcraft Bonanza.
Some of the earlier models had a problem with the yaw, and one of the mods that was quite popular for the A and B Model Bonanzas was to put an elongated triangular skag under the fuselage, to make up for the fact there was no vertical stabilizer, this fin did do the trick.
When I was younger I used to love to clean Beechcraft Bonanzas because there was one less airfoil surface to clean because with a v-tail set up there were only two not three.
Later in my teens I began selling airplanes and I realized that people really enjoyed that v-tail aircraft because it looked so cool, because it was different, and that made it in demand.
Later Beechcraft started making the Beechcraft Debonair and the A-36 Model (six seater), which was a Beechcraft Bonanza with a regular tail.
I'd always been intrigued with the v-tail, as it looked neat, and seemed to make sense to me.
Today, the JSF fighter for the United States Military and only our top allies, also has a v-tail.
And I've often wondered if it has stability problems as well, and I've often thought there is a way to fix that.
Now then, I've never heard this mentioned before but it might make sense to have a forked redderator system to help with aerodynamic stability.
For instance, have you ever seen a hawk, black crow, or Eagle - they have large feathers on the end of their wings, and they use these for both high speed and low speed maneuverability.
Now then, such a forked control surface wouldn't have to be all that big at high-speed, and with new material memory strategies, such a set of control surfaces on the ends of the ruddervators could move to a greater degree and solve any slow-speed maneuverability challenges, that along with the inherent value of the trust vectoring, and any stability issues would become nonexistent, virtually eliminated.
Eventually, I suppose the entire ruddervator system would be made with material memory composites, with not actual separate control surfaces, or full-flying ruddervators, just shape-shifting, as needed.
It makes more sense, and our technology is actually there now, all we have to do is build it.
It seems such a system works so well on birds, that this strategy is viable, and might even allow us to reduce the size of the actual ruddervators, therefore reducing drag, and keeping with the theme of low radar signature and stealth.
Indeed, these same techniques might be able to solve some problems on the global Hawk, and predator drones as well.
Indeed, I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
If you have aerodynamic design and manufacturing experience with ruddervators, perhaps you might shoot me an e-mail, I've got several concepts to discuss.