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Calculating or estimating forces on control surfaces

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Bitshifter

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May 11, 2012
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Location
Maryland
How does one either estimate or calculate the load on control surfaces? I see examples on calculating the loads under various flight conditions like roll and pulling out of a dive, but if I wanted to calculate the load on say an aileron hinge, I'm lost.
 
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