Something I've been looking into as I have been rechecking my assumptions behind my static margin calcs for different flight regimes... one of the benefits of T-tails is that the tail operates out of the propwash at cruise.
Several references I've looked at dont distinguish between conventional and T-tails and state that the tail area effected by the propwash is the area behind the propeller when looking in plan view at the design.
Is this simply a conservative assumption which accounts for high angles of attack for a T-tail? If so this implies the T-tail is in the propwash at high alpha?
Several references I've looked at dont distinguish between conventional and T-tails and state that the tail area effected by the propwash is the area behind the propeller when looking in plan view at the design.
Is this simply a conservative assumption which accounts for high angles of attack for a T-tail? If so this implies the T-tail is in the propwash at high alpha?