Winglet – Futaba 18MZ 2.4GHz User Manual

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<Model Menu (Airplane/Glider Functions)>

RUDDER 1

Winglet

at Flying wing

( )

RUDDER 2

Winglet

at Flying wing

( )

85%

Winglet

Model 1

+100%

+0%

+0%

+0%

Group

Rudder

Rudder

Rudder2

Left

Right

Gr.

Condition 1

●Return to Model Menu

Winglet

[Corresponding model type]: Airplane/glider, winglet

This function adjusts the rubber left and right

rudder angle of winglet specifications fuselages.

Winglets are used to improve the efficiency of

aircraft lowering the lift-induced drag caused by

wingtip vortices. The winglet is a vertical or angled

extension at the tips of each wing.

Winglets work by increasing the effective aspect

ratio wing without adding greatly to the structural

stress and hence necessary weight of its structure

- an extension of wing span would also permit

lowering of induced drag, though it would cause

parasitic drag and would require boosting the

strength of the wing and hence its weight - there

would come a point at which no overall useful

saving would be made. A winglet helps to solve this

by effectively increasing the aspect ratio without

adding to the span of the wing.

● Touch the [Winglet] button in the Model

Menu to call the setup screen shown below.

(Rudder 1/2)
● The travel at rudder stick left and right operation can

be individually set.

● Group/single mode switching

(Gr./Sngl)

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