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Old 05-10-2007 | 12:59 PM
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Jim Thomerson
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Default RE: RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS

What you do is build an airplane with a too big rudder. You test fly it, cutting the rudder down until it becomes unstable and crashes. Then you build another one with the rudder the right size.