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Old 10-04-2009 | 02:03 PM
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sgsterling
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Default RE: Comp ARF Valiant


ORIGINAL: 1bwana1

I believe that it is Bryan's design on the Valiant that both the wing, and stab incidence are set at the factory, and not adjustable. You only need to move the CG, and trim the elevator to end up with a zero mix plane.
I want to believe! Bryan's numbers have always been good, but I've had bad experiences before with "set at the factory" that were a long ways away from Bryan's numbers. Like my Shinden was about 1 degree different between wing halves, and neither side was close to Bryan's 1/2 degree positive.

Of course, Composite Arf didn't build the Shinden so it isn't fair to compare them.