Rich,

That's good to hear about how yours turned out. I am still waiting for the MAN plans ("any day now") and I was debating which rudder configuration to use. Now I am leaning towards the standard rudder and the original dihedral called out on the MAN plans as yours has worked out well. Back when I built mine as per the kit the dihedral on #1 was too great even with the short rudder. I built the second with the lengthened rudder but I hadn't thought through the dihedral issue fully. As I recall, I did reduce it some, but not enough. Now it seems as if the original dihedral (not the kit) combined with the short rudder was the correct amount to begin with. Ah - if only I had a time machine...

Jeff