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Old 01-24-2013 | 05:52 PM
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orthobird
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Default RE: knife edge flight

ok, this is all starting to make sense<div>on the last flight, i was able to make it knife edge pretty nice</div><div>this is what i did:"</div><div>rolled it on its side, then applied rudder to opposite direction of the roll</div><div>then i noticed plane wanted to tuck to gear, and i pulled elevator stick down slightly, meaning, giving it "up" elevator.</div><div>this was done, after i flew plane level, and gave plane two clicks down elevator trim, then plane flew more level (somehow),</div><div>then when i did inverted flight, it required less "down" elevator input than before, to fly level inverted.</div><div>then i flew "low" inverted, which was cool,</div><div>then did knife edge (not low) with applying the bit of "up" elevator to make it go straight.</div><div>
</div><div>does this seem or mean that my plane is "tail heavy"?</div>