ORIGINAL: Eric.Henderson
Here are some pictures of the Great Planes 79" CAP 232 that illustrates the much lowered position of their stab.
I don't want to get into a brawl with Dick Hanson over this stuff. Dick is a well known designer and builder. Please take my information more as a data report for you to do with as you see fit.
Thanks for the pics, Eric. I had a look through their site as well and it is apparent that the stab is much lower than any other 232 I have seen.
I don't want a brawl, either. I'm just trying to get the best flying Cap 232 I can. I respect Dick's resume and advice and yours as well. What I do with it is up to me. As mentioned, CofG and many other set up items can influence this, even a particular flyer's choices and preferences for control throws and style of flying. There is no magic bullet for this stuff and it takes trial and error and some compromise in the end. From this discussion and other reports and comments I have seen, I will be lowering the stab some, for an easier/better structural arrangement and to reduce coupling. If it goes wrong, I will have no one to blame but myself...
Did you ever notice the amount of dihedral used on the GP version?
Thanks to all for the help,
Mark