Anyone here ever built the Estes Columbia kit #1385? I'm in the middle of a kit bash and got to the point where the instructions say to make a flap on just one side. That just seems strange to me that you would only do it on one side. Anyone?
Randy
Randy,
The instructions do indeed say (and show) the flap (or should we say aileron) and I believe it was to allow for a circling glide.
John
DUH!!!! It parachute recovery. I was thinking of the wrong shuttle.
The flap was for spin going up for stability. I need new glasses.
John
pin during boost for stability during boost.
To avoid the deadly flight path of the later foam-orbiter-of-death.
-Fred Shecter NAR 20117
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middle of a
It is not a glider.
Spin during boost for stability.
Spin during boost for stability during boost.
To avoid the deadly flight path of the later foam-orbiter-of-death.
-Fred Shecter NAR 20117
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Ok, I can buy that. My first thoughts were also that the flap was for a circling glide effect because they only wanted a flap on one side but I knew that it recovers by chute.
I built the Centuri version in 1980 and still fly it. The two are very similar and the Centuri version does not use a flap but it does spin ever so slightly during flight. Since I'm building this one as the Armageddon Shuttle (from the movie) and it will have twin boosters next to the OMS pods anyway, I don't think the flap would make much difference in the flight profile for this version.
Randy
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