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Old 09-16-2018, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DHC6
My only complaint (which seems to be addressed with the updated version) is that I find the rudder surface could have been a little larger to make knife edge flight a little easier and slower. As it is now, you need a lot of rudder and speed to get a nice knife edge, but again for me at least that’s minor and really it still knife edges very well with minimal coupling.
What you are describing is a typical nose heavy attitude which would give you these symptoms during knife edge maneuver. Moving CG back just a little at a time would surely help improve the handling.. However it might also be necessary to enlarge rudder for ultimate performance.

Just my 2 cents