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To: Pukin Dog; El Gato; Rokke; Mr Rogers
Man I love it when you guys talk shop.

I have a question about the F-14. When the wings are swept back, does the elevator then act as the ailerons? Cause watching F-14s launch, it appears there aren't any ailerons on the wings, just one long flap.

86 posted on 03/23/2006 6:12:43 PM PST by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: yhwhsman

For the F-111, there were two ailerons on the wing. As the wing was swept back, first the inboard and then the outboard ailerons would lock down, leaving the elevator to provide all the roll.


90 posted on 03/23/2006 6:32:38 PM PST by Mr Rogers
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