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Old 04-18-2010 | 07:14 PM
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Default RE: lifting tail

In general, tails are not there to generate lift, as the wing is. It's a stability issue - think of feathers on an arrow. Unless balanced significantly tail heavy, the tail on a telemaster is not generating lift, even with a flat bottomed airfoil. And you wouldn't want it to - It would be like sitting both kids on the same side of a teeter-totter.

Kurt