What's a typical method of mounting an all-flying vertical tail? I can see two ways of doing it, roughly... either extend the tail spar into a circular section and mount that shaft into a bushing in the fuse, or use a tube spar in the vertical and have a shaft on the fuse mount into that. Because I'd be applying this to winglets, with basically no thickness (2.5" or so) at the mounting point, the second solution makes a lot more sense for my usage; that is, there would be a fixed shaft mounted at the wing tip, and the vertical would slide onto it and be free rotate.
My questions are basically... hm, I'm actually not far enough to know what to ask. How is this usually done? I guess my questions are regarding bushings/bearings (what type? how many?), shaft length needed, and how axial movement is prevented.
My questions are basically... hm, I'm actually not far enough to know what to ask. How is this usually done? I guess my questions are regarding bushings/bearings (what type? how many?), shaft length needed, and how axial movement is prevented.
