Andrew
It's a good question. Unfortunately I don't know the answer. Rutan had
us add a limited amount of any extra weight to the outboard end of the
elevator only (Long EZ) but didn't explain why.
Must be something to do with the torsioanl resonance. I once bonked the
stick (in roll) on my glider at around 90 kts, one wing bent up and the
other one down. The resulting oscillation was weird, the fuselage rolled
each way 2 or 3 times (damped) but the wings stayed level.
Moral is don't assume you know what will happen.
Graham
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
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> The manual does not say anything about lateral balancing of the
> aileron. I am guessing that I should attempt to make the inboard and
> outboard weights roughly equal. But I was not entirely sure about this.
>
> Since aerodynamic flutter is not something I want to fooling around
> with, I want to make sure I understand this correctly.
>
> Thank you for any input!
> Andrew Sarangan
> http://www.sarangan.org
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