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Old 01-27-2005 | 01:00 PM
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Default RE: Typhoon 2000 (TEMPEST) modifications thread

That's what i wanted to hear. This is extremely close to neutral. On the next one, lower the tail about 1/4"-3/8" and use the 1/4 deg positive in the wing. It will eliminate canopy pitch in knife (or belly pitch for that matter) and will help spin entry. Keep engine offsets unchanged. This is nitpicking but would be worth the experiment. Any roll coupling?
ORIGINAL: MHester

canopy, but JUST barely. The more incidence I feed in, the more it pitches. If I stay at +1/10, the 4% rudder to elevator mix works both in level and knife edge, and verticals are fairly pure as well. If I go to a full degree, it pitches HARD...but spin breaks are on the dime Although at this incidence the thrust changes pitch pretty noticably as well. +1/4 deg is good all around with barely slight tendancies, but at +1/10 it seems to be a good balance between everything.

Whatcha thinkin? I'm all eyes.

-Mike