Laneman

Very interesting posts. Sometimes I think I should just build the plane per the plans because it flies better than anything at the field. I just don't want to give up rudders yet. The Starliner RC had fluttering in the rudders, so the designer removed them. He thought it was caused by the rudders being in the propwash. This is why I thought of adding a rhino rudder up front. My other idea is to move the tails out onto the wing about a third away from centerline and change them to vertical like this Santorin.

The designer flies his with no rudders, I just like having another dimension to flight with the RC's (knife edge). I'd also like to see if I can make it hammerhead with a nose rudder. We do some extreme aerobatics with the RC's. Here's a link to a photo of his plane. Type in starliner in the search window when the page opens. http://www.gamarc.org/photos/

What is the disadvantage of a standard rudder on a fixed tail vs. a fully pivoting rudder? My initial idea was to use a pivoting rudder, but I thought it would be hard to design a mount for it, so I then thought I would try a standard tail with rudder. It's good to hear it's been tried already. I was thinking things might end up bad on the test flight.

Building an RC canard from plans. Current design flies extremely well with a V-tail at rear of fuselage but no rudders. I was thinking of adding a single vertical stab on top front with a functioning rudder. I figure the elevator works fine up front, why not a rudder too? Any thoughts?