Chuck,

I made it back, I’ll get a couple pictures posted later today over on my forum. Have to drag myself to the gym and play a little basketball today. Thanks for a great time in AMA. I really need to practice up on my pool game… OUCH!

Montague,

“On second thought, it might not help much on my planes, I tend to run a longer tail moment than you do, so the pitching effect of reflex might be different, what do you think?”

I try to set up my planes so the horizontal is not carrying much load. Meaning the airplane is a lot like a flying wing and the horizontal is just there for stability and authority for change in direction. If you’re too heavily loaded you would notice a change in flight from power to no power. It sounds like to me your design is in good shape. If you don’t notice any change with the power off then chances are your reflex is good or like you said the increased tail volume is over coming the pitching moment.

It would be interesting to know what the pitching moment of your airfoil is. This was one thing I looked at when choosing the Selig 8036. Here’s a polar SNACK dumped out for the 8036. SNACK is NOT absolutely correct but for comparison purposes I could run it for your foil and see how they compare.

If you want to keep it under wraps I understand. It sounds like you’re good to go though, you don't need me to tell you that though, you've been kick'n tail with it all year... [8D]

A.J. Seaholm
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