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Old 12-29-2006 | 06:26 PM
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Hey everyone, im building a TF giant P-47, this will be my third one... Today it was time to join the wing panels together, being that this is the third time im building this plane i kind of skim over things. well after i joined the wings and let all the glue cure, i realized that i had built 8 inches of dihedral when the plans called for 6 7/8 inches! i have no idea how i did this, probably lack of attention. compared to the wings of my other Jug you can barely notice a diference. but what will this do to the flying characteristics?? should i separate them and do it over? or will the extra dihedral be ok? [:@]
Old 12-29-2006 | 07:12 PM
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It will be fine. It will look great. Most folks don't put enough dihedral in their scale kits.

Too much dihedral can cause a slight oscillation at high speed if the plane isn't trimmed exactly right. It might rock a little, but most likely not.
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Leave it alone! You won't even notice.

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