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Old 01-27-2014 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MerlinV
But I would note that in some cases, the full sized prototype had the vertical Stab offset by about 4° to the right to counteract Engine/prop torque.
I've heard of that idea but never really paid careful attention to it before. Now that I'm looking for it, I see in the Wylam SE5a drawing (also shown on the forum link someone provided earlier) that the vertical fin is indeed off-set to the right!

That's the thing about going scale. If you're going to go scale, you have to go ALL the way!

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Makes me think that maybe I DO have to somehow get more right thrust. BTW, something else that I haven't checked is whether there may be some slight degree of left offset on the model's vertical fin that could be adding to the problem. If there is, I can't change this now, but I could add in a click or two of right rudder.
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