Milt,
I certainly will consider that a small win. I'm not sure if you meant that it should be a small win for me though...
Just recently, you stated:
Where are you getting that "horizontal force at the stabiliser" if it is not being generated by the very sideslip you think you have made go away.
You base your case on there not being any horizontal force at the tail sans sideslip?
Now:
Consider straight and level balanced non asymmetric flight. Rudder is centre. Now apply a little rudder and the aicraft must yaw into a sideslip as a direct result of the sideforce you have just applied to the tail by the rudder/fin force.
And voila! Now you base your argument on a horizontal force sans sideslip!
I hope to be going to Dunnunda over the next few years. Am I getting a cold one for this?
I am still puzzled though... as to how you seem to have interpreted something I wrote as building on separating the rudder/fin from the rest of the tail?
I'll check your most recent post later. Yes, this is certainly addictive!
Cheers,
Fred (still waiting)