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Old 04-22-2003 | 03:40 AM
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Default Sorta' what I was thinking.

I appreciate your input. I forgot the instructions mentioned to add weight to increase penetration. I reviewed them after posting. I don't like the idea of adding dead weight. I also calculate a wing loading higher than that of my Gentle Lady with this plane. While I'm sure the Gentle Lady is not the ultimate base for comparison, I do have hundreds of flights on it and can tell that it penetrates better with a lower wing loading. I imagine there are factors at work that I do not understand as to the differences between the two planes...airfoil etc.

Maybe I am over complicating the problem. The more I think about it the more I realize they do fly as if they are a little tail heavy. In the end for the best efficiency would you expect the plane to fly with the wing and the stab. at the exact same angle once the C.G. is at it's optimum location?
Thanks for the help, Cliff