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Old 12-24-2017, 08:13 PM
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Thanks for the info. This plane has a really long fuselage and relatively short nose so if the nose gets a little longer that’s fine.
the DB and UFO planes always flew great in the wind. Now that you noted yaw stability I remember them both wiggling the tails a little in stall turns and anything where lots of rudder was used near stall. Both rolled extremely well.

I have the option to go either with double double taper or just straight trailing edge. I don’t have any flight characteristics of this plane so I’m just going to go ahead with the straight trailing edge and be carefull on the first flights. I can always build a new wing. It will have flaps, ailerons, retracts and maybe spoilers. Smoke? Nah..too complicated for now.

This plane will be a hotrod, the aircraft version of my Streetrods. Lots of power and light weight and very clean. Mostly to be able to do things my warbirds could not do.