Make Straight Trailing Edges
Jul 07, 2020
4 minutes
TEXT & PHOTOS BY NICK ZIROLI SR.
I often see an otherwise fine-looking scale model degraded by a really poor trailingedge construction technique. All but a very few specially designed aircraft have sharp trailing edges on all their flying surfaces. For my scale models, I try to always strive to make the trailing edge sharp, straight and durable. The technique I use is not difficult and I use it for all my trailing edge, wing and tail surface treatments.
Some may say thick, rounded trailing edges fly better and are less sensitive around neutral. This may be true for aerobatics, but for the scale models I fly, realism is more important. Modern transmitters offer exponential control surface travel
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