Title: MiG-3 elevators and stabilizators. Post by: Massimo Tessitori on March 07, 2006, 11:14:17 PM Hi,
while correcting the plant view of early type MiG-3 for the booklet, I made a comparison between drawings and photos. By sure the horizontal tail plans of early and late variants are different: the division line between stabilizator and elevator is nearly straight on early type MiG-3, while it is strongly curved on late type. The tip of late type has a major chord than on early type. From photos, the angle of leading edge of both variants looks identical. I remember that Arsenyev wrote about an extension of the elevator. On the whole, I think that the elevators of late type were more extended rearwards than the elevators of early type. The drawing of Voronin should be accurate for late type, so early type should have shorter chord elevators and nearly straight division line. The interpretation of the drawings of the Polish monograph Migy Stailna looks wrong (they extended forward the stabilizator of late type) even if they have the merit to be the first magazine to show difference on this respect between the two types. I fear that it's a bit difficult to understand without illustrations. I'll make some sketches as soon as I can. Massimo |