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Old 03-08-2007, 06:01 PM   #29 (permalink)
Shawn Berkheimer
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Default Re: Rudder reactions

Quote: Originally Posted by heydick
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Here's a question for you trim guru's.
On a plane like this that has inherent pitch coupling to the belly, what would happen if you moved the CG foward and dialed in a few degrees of reflex on the ailerons. Would that help reduce the amount of mixing required to hold straight KE while at the same time keep your inverted flight performance the same?


This is pretty much what I would do except I would leave the ailerons alone. with a more forward CG the airplane will require a small amout of up trim ( in relation to where it is now ). This up trim will help compensate while in the knife position.

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