Inverted flying controls on British a/c

[dov]

Hallo

Has anybody an idea about the flying controls of the Bristol Fighter of Dh 9a?

I wonder about the elevator control, since the control wire are lead in X.

That means inverse to usual aircraft.

Stick forward means nose up and vice versa, against normal controls stick forward indicates a nose down.

Why are this flight controls inverted?

Were flying accidents a consequence of it?

Maybe you know it!

[Space Ranger]

They are not reversed. This graphic shows how they work:

 

[wellsprop]

I can't imagine any reason they would have been inversed.

 

I know some aircraft had the throttles reversed, but never elevators. 

[e8n2]

10 hours ago, wellsprop said:

I can't imagine any reason they would have been inversed.

 

I know some aircraft had the throttles reversed, but never elevators. 

I don't know if they still do it, but for sure between the wars the French had the throttles reversed from what the US and the Brits were doing, i.e. throttle back increased speed whereas just about everybody else had it as moving the throttles forward increased the speed.

Later,

Dave

[wellsprop]

I think the 109 had a reverse throttle (I may be making that up). Most British aircraft had reverse fuel mixture control, i.e. Full forward = full lean. 

[dov]

Once again to my question, since I supose it was not understood:

 

I wonder about the elevator control cables, since the control cables are lead in X.

That means inverse to usual aircraft.

 

Bristol F2b

 

https://www.pilotweb.aero/features/flight-tests/flight-test-world-war-i-bristol-f2b-fighter-1-4816989

 

In comparison to the Re.8

 

https://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/aircraft/re8/detail/air-air

 

Here the elevator control cables are parallel.

 

Why are this flight controls inverted in the F2b in opposition to the Re.8 ?

Isn't it dangerous?

This was my question!

 

Happy modelling

 

 

[Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies]

You're only seeing the exit point of the cables. There are various ways to rig mechanical controls such as combinations of pushrods and bellcranks to get the orientation the way you want it.

[dov]

Ok, the internal is it, which varies! I did not think about that.

Thanks, got it!

[Brandy]

As Jamie says, the controls are not reversed, just a different linkage arrangement in the cockpit. Pushing forward still makes the nose go down!

 

Ian

[mhaselden]

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