Back in the 1980s I built two Deceptions from Bridi kits and used the 3 in dihedral. I felt that this was too much as there was an unwanted proverse roll with rudder application. On a visit to California I asked Joe Bridi about this and he claimed that Jim Kimbro suggested the added dihedral and he included it in the kit design. I'm building a new Deception from plans and it has the 2 in dihedral called for in the MAN plans. We'll see how that works. On the other hand, Rich Earnst has built two Deceptions recently from Bridi kits and he used the kit dihedral and was happy with it. But with today's radios one can do a lot of fine tuning that wasn't possible twenty-five years ago.

Jeff