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Old 04-12-2011 | 06:48 AM
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Default RE: C/G for Tandum Wing

Jeff,

The principle is the same: find the center of pressure where the lift of all the surfaces is considered applied, then select a stability margin and locate a safe CG.

This article may help you:

http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/...calc/index.htm

Now, the incidence angle of each surface is another matter and is related to longitudinal dihedral.

Andy Lennon;s book has a good description of designing a tandem plane.