Matt,


Thank you. That's some impressive info. How did you get those guys to do such specific tests for you so fast? What were the 'tests' exactly? Did they charge you anything for those tests? If not, I've got a bunch more they can do!

Again, I talked to Charles at Yellow, and again, he says it's 'Bullsh**t that sounds like science'. He again pointed out that of all the world's 100+ fullsize aircraft that have full-flying stabs (including mine), the number of them that have the stabs statically balanced at the pivot point is right around ZERO. So, now my question is what do we modellers know that no designer or engineer of fullsize aircraft seems to know? All the BS about 'it doesn't apply because of supersonic/subsonic' or 'those are hydraulic and these are pulley' aside, common sense tells me that if it were best to mass balance on the pivot, there would be at least a few examples of this flying around in the fullsize world. They aren't THAT different, are they?