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Old 07-24-2004 | 05:01 PM
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Dsegal
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Default Biplane Wing Gap?

I am considering building a revised version of a very nice .25 powered biplane I once had. But I would like to reduce the inter-wing gap to eliminate the cabane struts. On the stock version the wing gap is 1.04 times the wing chord. (For comparison the gap/chord ratio on a Sig Hog Bipe is 1.0) If I reduced the ratio 30% to 0.73 what would be the consequences? Will I ruin the model's flying qualities? Note that the wings on the stock version are staggered 25% of the chord.