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Old 09-19-2006 | 12:09 PM
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Default RE: Tip Stalling Airplane


ORIGINAL: bushong572

Thanks for all your help guys..................I put some reflex in the ailerons and moved the CG back about 1/4". This helped some. When I rotated the plane before, it would always drop a wing (this is on a long paved runway with plenty of speed). It doesn't seem to do that anymore. I also noticed it is a little more stable around the roll axis. I think this is as good as it gets. I will have to build up plenty of speed on takeoff and land pretty fast, but it doesn't seem to drop a wingtip as easily as it did. Any more suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Did you make both changes at the same time before flying it? It would be interesting to know the effect of each change individually. Perhaps only one change would have provided sufficient improvement.

Other have touched on this: An excessively forward CG can cause an earlier main wing stall stall, provided the horizontal tail has enough power to overcome it.