Neuro,
Love your designs and detailed posts.
Just thinking out loud here from what you posted on the tail position.
Air needs to pass by the tail for the control surfaces to have an effect. Thats a given, and the smoother the flow the better.
From reading your post it occured to me that the counter-rotating wash across the tail may be a problem pushing turbulated air across/around it rendering it less effective.
Just a thought.
Tony
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