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Old 07-10-2012 | 06:37 AM
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Default RE: Modifying Stabilizer Incidence

I would like to add to the above discussion that stabs fly within the downwash produced by the wing (not for canard layouts); therefore, they normally have negative AOA (producing negative lift that compensates for wing's pitch moment), even when the incidence <font color="#000000">angle</font> is set as neutral.  
What he's tryin' to say is the tail pushes down and the wing pushes up.