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by chkgk
1063 days ago
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If the elevator is behind the center of mass/lift they need to push the back down, so they need to point up to raise the nose of the aircraft (other side of cg/cl). If the surfaces are in the front of cg/cl, they need to do the opposite. To pull the nose up, they would have to point downwards. |
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Concorde worked this way [1], and called them 'elevons'. When I used to work on Tornados these were called 'tailerons'.
[1] https://www.heritageconcorde.com/roll-pitch-and-yaw
Edit: The original site actually describes them correctly here, so I assume the text on the front-page is just a typo: https://www.foldnfly.com/lounge/steer-aim.php#elevon