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Old 01-11-2011 | 03:30 AM
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Nitrovein
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Default RE: Horizontal tail (beginner question)

Thank you all for the replies! Ireallyappreciate it!
I wasaware that the word canardwasn't right, butdidn't know the right word. Thank you for teaching me the right word.

I will do a simple flat stab instead, if there is no big advantage to an airfoil shape. The thought´s I had was that it might track a bit better, but I could try that out later and keep it simple for now.

The plane I´m building is something of an compromise. I do a lot of training in RealFlight-sim, and had a hard time to figure out what I liked the most.
So I started to fol around with different types of wings in Design-foil, and thentried them out in the Simulator as well.
I guess that it´s a combination of an aerobatic (like Extra 300) and a pattern. If it will work, I´m not so sure about, but failure will give me more learning thansuccess.

I will post some pics if it all works out.

Again, thank you for taking the time to help me out!