OK, there is a major hijack going on in another thread; interesting but a hijack none-the-less.
So I think this needs a discussion.
There are the generalists that say that a multi-tail boom design has to be more draggy and heavier than a single tail boom design.
There are generalists that say that smaller tail boom diameters on a twin tail boom design are not suited to higher load applications such as aerobatics.
Fans of twin tail booms say the devil is in the details and that there is no general rule of thumb that would make one or the other configuration better than another.
Maybe fleshed out examples with methods of estimation will answer this. Maybe not.
So I think this needs a discussion.
There are the generalists that say that a multi-tail boom design has to be more draggy and heavier than a single tail boom design.
There are generalists that say that smaller tail boom diameters on a twin tail boom design are not suited to higher load applications such as aerobatics.
Fans of twin tail booms say the devil is in the details and that there is no general rule of thumb that would make one or the other configuration better than another.
Maybe fleshed out examples with methods of estimation will answer this. Maybe not.
