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Old 04-21-2013 | 06:17 PM
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Default RE: Fly Eagle Jet F-14 Crash (video)

ORIGINAL: YellowAircraft

My mistake, and I stand corrected. I wonder if the canards (or the stabs for that matter) are static balanced on the pivot on the FS aircraft you mentioned. Do you happen to know?
I don't know. Most of the static shots I've got of the full-size show the canards either sitting level or nose-down.

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