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Old 02-27-2011 | 09:37 AM
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Default Turbine Fox incidence problems?

I tried to maiden my turbine glider yesterday. It's a 3.5M Reichard MDM Fox with a Wren 44 placed above and aft of the CG. It's a bit nose heavy, but I favor a forward CG until I sort it out. Upon accelerating for takeoff, the model would nose down and drag it's nose in the grass. Naturally, I could and did not takeoff. In my view, the turbine's incidence is wrong, (presently it's level with the airplane's centerline) but should I direct the thrust upward or downward to correct the nose down attitude?

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