Guest Bounder Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAS_39_Gripen#References http://www.gripen.com/en/index.htm http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/gripen/ just a quicky dident have time to check it all out Quote
Jimbib Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 If its a problem of having the canards only go to the extreme position when only on the ground, you could set them up like the Mirage Factory's rudders, which deploy as speedbrakes, but only when on ground using this line.... DeployWhenOnGears=TRUE Quote
+JediMaster Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Forgetting the perhaps intractable problem of the canards deflecting for landing, I think the four trailing edge surfaces work pretty much standard for a delta--inboard are elevators/flaps, outboard are elevons, likely with droop for extra lift (ie operate as flaps with less deflection on landing). The Gripen is relatively small and I think the elevons outboard would provide quite a bit of roll control. I haven't seen any evidence of differential movement in the canards for roll like most stabilators do nowadays...in fact, I think most canards on all planes are linked together and move as one. Quote
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