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Old 06-25-2006, 11:27 PM
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Default RE: Patriot 40 tail wiggle at speed

Nose heavy prop jets fly just fine, within reason of course. Nose heavy
planes increase the stall speed. Acrobatic planes need to be balanced
properly to do all the neat flat spins, ect.

Keep in mind....when a properly "balanced" plane is filled with fuel, it gets
nose heavy as heck....and flies just fine....just don't expect to do any
"blenders" or inverted flat spins with your prop jet.

What happens to a properly balanced plane when you add 12 ozs of fuel ?

FBD.