Lateral area at the CG is important- for highly maneuverable , slow speed flying.
No ballistic flying here!
Do a very slow roll -in horizontal flight
The model with the best lateral area placement will do this the most easily.
If the model had no side area except for the tail - it would be impossible to hold attitude -or altitude , using rudder deflection.
George's Tensor needs lots of rudder for fast tight turns but none for flying on it's side
Read his write up in 3Dflyer .
Well written.
Moving CG ft moves relative lateral area forward. Y/N?
I have two new Tensors over in the corner --one for my son -one for me .
Get one and see what George has done with this setup
interesting .