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Old 10-07-2003 | 10:38 AM
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Johng
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Default RE: Speeding up a trainer?

If you are just in the mood for some cut-n-try, cut-n-fly entertainment, just trim a bay off of each wingtip. It will increase takeoff and landing speed, and will probably increase top speed up to a point. If you repeat the exercise, at some point the wing will be low-enough aspect ratio that it will start making appreciably more drag and the thing no longer go faster with less wing area.