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Which is true of the relationship between control effectiveness and hinge moment?

  • A.They are separate quantities and can be varied independently by balance
  • B.They are always proportional to one another
  • C.Reducing one always reduces the other
  • D.Effectiveness depends on the hinge position and hinge moment does not

Answer: A

The whole art of manual control design rests on the fact that they are separable: aerodynamic balance changes the moment about the hinge while leaving the moment about the aeroplane's centre of gravity nearly untouched. If they were strictly proportional, no such device could work. Reducing area reduces both, but that is one particular change rather than a general rule. And it is hinge moment, not effectiveness, that depends strongly on hinge position. The practical test is to ask which quantity a change would move: the force, the gradient, the flutter margin or the trim.

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