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Old 09-02-2015 | 08:11 AM
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Correct on all accounts. When repairing/rebuilding my 40% Carf Extra one of the things I did was to chop off 1/2" from the trailing edges of both the rudder and elevator then cap with new fiberglass. The result was a 1/4"-3/8" blunt trailing edge. A noticeable improvement in tracking resulted and the tail wag that these airplanes are famous for was eliminated.