ORIGINAL: 1fasthitman
Why do Q500 planes like the Great Planes Viper use the V tail setup? I have flown the viper on the sim and find its flying characteristics rather annoying. Are there Q500 planes like it with a standard tail?
The required vertical and horizontal stabilizer areas are achieved with less total surface area and fewer fuselage/stabilizer junctions = less drag. Just because a sim does something does not mean it is so in real life. They are only as good as the physics engine and the parameters provided to it.
MJD